#480c84

Color #480c84

A vivid, highly saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 3.01 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#480c84

RGB

rgb(72, 12, 132)

HSL

hsl(270, 83.3%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 90.9%, 51.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 90.9%, 0%, 48.2%)

LAB

lab(21.23, 48.78, -53.34)

LCH

lch(21.23, 72.28, 312.44)

OKLCH

oklch(34.4%, 0.1737, 298.39)

HWB

hwb(270, 4.7%, 48.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#48840c

Analogous

#0c0c84

#480c84

#840c84

Triadic

#480c84

#84480c

#0c8448

Split-complementary

#480c84

#84840c

#0c840c

Tetradic

#480c84

#840c48

#48840c

#0c8448

Square

#480c84

#840c0c

#48840c

#0c8484

Shades

Color #480c84 mixed toward black.

#3c0a6e

#300858

#240642

#18042c

#0c0216

Tints

Color #480c84 mixed toward white.

#6611bc

#851feb

#a357f0

#c28ff5

#e0c7fa

Tones

Color #480c84 mixed toward gray.

#48167a

#482070

#482a66

#48345c

#483e52

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.66:1

White text reads better on this background (12.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#373774 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#3a3d70 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#466662 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#333333 · ΔE 27.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #480c84;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#480c84]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#480c84 (#480c84) is rgb(72, 12, 132) in RGB.

No, #480c84 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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