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#480CFF

#480cff ≈ Ultramarine

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#480cff is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 4.71% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.76% cyan, 95.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 254.81°, with 100% saturation and 52.35% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ultramarine (#3f00ff), ΔE 1.02.

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Web safe#3300ff
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Relative luminance0.0886

Complementary

  1. #480cff
  2. #c3ff0c

Split complementary

  1. #480cff
  2. #ffc10c
  3. #4aff0c

Analogous

  1. #0c4aff
  2. #480cff
  3. #c10cff

Triadic

  1. #480cff
  2. #ff480c
  3. #0cff48

Tetradic

  1. #480cff
  2. #ff0cc3
  3. #c3ff0c
  4. #0cff48

Square

  1. #480cff
  2. #ff0c4a
  3. #c3ff0c
  4. #0cffc1

Monochromatic

  1. #1c0072
  2. #2f00be
  3. #480cff
  4. #8258ff
  5. #bba5ff

Shades

#480cff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #480cff
  2. #410be6
  3. #3a0acc
  4. #3208b3
  5. #2b0799
  6. #240680
  7. #1d0566
  8. #16044d
  9. #0e0233
  10. #07011a
  11. #000000

Tints

#480cff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #480cff
  2. #5a24ff
  3. #6d3dff
  4. #7f55ff
  5. #916dff
  6. #a486ff
  7. #b69eff
  8. #c8b6ff
  9. #daceff
  10. #ede7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#480cff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #480cff
  2. #4e18f2
  3. #5323e6
  4. #592fd9
  5. #5e3acc
  6. #6446c0
  7. #6a52b3
  8. #6f5da6
  9. #756999
  10. #7a748d
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #545454 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4f42b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #004afb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006b96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0049ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #003afd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0054c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-480cff {
  color: #480cff;
}
Background
.bg-480cff {
  background-color: #480cff;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-480cff {
  border: 2px solid #480cff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #480cff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 12 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 100% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-480cff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #480cff, #c10cff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-480cff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 12 255 / 0.35);
}

#3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 1.02 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 1.14 #0000ff Blue ΔE 3.24 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 3.83 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.23 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 8.70 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.94 #b7f300 Inverted #545454 Grayscale 

Ultramarine
#480cff  rgb(72, 12, 255)  hsl(255, 100%, 52%)  Ultramarine
#c3ff0c  rgb(195, 255, 12)  hsl(75, 100%, 52%)  Electric Lime
#ff480c  rgb(255, 72, 12)  hsl(15, 100%, 52%)  Orange Red
#0cff48  rgb(12, 255, 72)  hsl(135, 100%, 52%)  Lime