#480F5E#480F5E

#480F5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.134 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F5E
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 94)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(283, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 84%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.04, 38.89, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.04, 51.61, 318.89°)
OKLab	oklab(31.1% 0.0932 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(31.1% 0.134 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.8633, 2.5277, 10.8192)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F5E #255E0F

analogous

#210F5E #480F5E #5E0F4D

triadic

#480F5E #5E480F #0F5E48

tetradic

#480F5E #5E210F #255E0F #0F4D5E

square

#480F5E #5E210F #255E0F #0F4D5E

split-complementary

#480F5E #4D5E0F #0F5E21

monochromatic

#14041A #200729 #480F5E #701793 #9920C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#480F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#480F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F5E

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F5E	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.134 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e558c',
    500: '#480f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f5e;
$custom-light: #7e558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.291,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31096,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F5E

secondary

#4E9731

accent

#EF396B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F5E

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

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