#480F5F#480F5F

#480F5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.135 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480F5F
RGB	rgb(72, 15, 95)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(283, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 84.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.12, 39.11, -34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.12, 52.13, 318.60°)
OKLab	oklab(31.18% 0.093 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(31.18% 0.135 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9085, 2.5458, 11.0571)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480F5F #265F0F

analogous

#200F5F #480F5F #5F0F4E

triadic

#480F5F #5F480F #0F5F48

tetradic

#480F5F #5F200F #265F0F #0F4E5F

square

#480F5F #5F200F #265F0F #0F4E5F

split-complementary

#480F5F #4E5F0F #0F5F20

monochromatic

#14041A #20072A #480F5F #701794 #9820C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#480F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#480F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480F5F

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480F5F	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 15, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.135 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e558d',
    500: '#480f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480f5f;
$custom-light: #7e558d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.75,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31179,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480F5F

secondary

#4F9832

accent

#EF386D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #480F5F

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

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