#480F5B#480F5B

#480F5B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.131 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F5B
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 91)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(285, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 83.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.80, 38.22, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.80, 50.05, 319.78°)
OKLab	oklab(30.85% 0.0938 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(30.85% 0.131 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7313, 2.4749, 10.1240)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F5B #225B0F

analogous

#220F5B #480F5B #5B0F48

triadic

#480F5B #5B480F #0F5B48

tetradic

#480F5B #5B220F #225B0F #0F485B

square

#480F5B #5B220F #225B0F #0F485B

split-complementary

#480F5B #485B0F #0F5B22

monochromatic

#15041A #1E0626 #480F5B #721890 #9B20C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#480F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#480F5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F5B

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F5B	1.00	14.05	1.50	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.131 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e558a',
    500: '#480f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f5b;
$custom-light: #7e558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30853,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F5B

secondary

#4A9531

accent

#EE3967

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F5B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →