#480F5D#480F5D

#480F5D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.133 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F5D
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 93)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 83.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.96, 38.66, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.96, 51.09, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(31.01% 0.0934 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(31.01% 0.133 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8188, 2.5099, 10.5844)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F5D #245D0F

analogous

#210F5D #480F5D #5D0F4B

triadic

#480F5D #5D480F #0F5D48

tetradic

#480F5D #5D210F #245D0F #0F4B5D

square

#480F5D #5D210F #245D0F #0F4B5D

split-complementary

#480F5D #4B5D0F #0F5D21

monochromatic

#14041A #1F0628 #480F5D #711792 #9A20C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.98

#480F5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#480F5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F5D

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F5D	1.00	13.98	1.50	13.98
#FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A2D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.133 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e558b',
    500: '#480f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f5d;
$custom-light: #7e558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.846,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31015,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F5D

secondary

#4D9631

accent

#EF396A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F5D

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

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