#480656Clairvoyant (#480656) is a very dark, saturated purple with an OKLCH hue of 319°, lightness 0.3 and chroma 0.135. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #480656 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(72, 6, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(290, 87%, 18%) |
| HSV | hsv(290, 93%, 34%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(16%, 93%, 0%, 66%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(16.4 40.1 -31.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.297 0.135 319) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Clairvoyant shifts subtly: drifts toward magenta; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#490650 — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward magenta#4a0754 — ΔE 0.7, shifts subtly: drifts toward magenta#480656 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#480657 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Clairvoyant in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 14.62:1 and against black 1.44:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#b288bd · #8f609b · #6d397a · #480656 · #24002e · #050009
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#4a4182 · #4a276f · #480656 · #410038 · #35001e · #27000a
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#e8aab1 · #bb87c8 · #c1596b · #7e4b8b · #66373e · #480656
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#95d983 · #795c81 · #534358 · #480656 · #210427 · #050007
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ecf5e9 · #bcafbf · #757c74 · #4c3f4f · #480656 · #131a11
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#edf5eb · #c3ccc1 · #96a093 · #1c2819 · #000700 · #480656
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e4f9df · #90c582 · #4b8c39 · #1d520a · #480656 · #240b2b
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c0ddc1 · #b3b16d · #5f806e · #354234 · #480656 · #1e050f
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#fff0d7 · #d9ac60 · #008b90 · #004f52 · #480656 · #231500
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffeee5 · #ec9f75 · #4b8c39 · #004b65 · #480656 · #041e00
#653172 · #83558E · #A179AB · #C09FC9 · #E0C6E7
#3E034B · #350141 · #2C0036 · #23002C · #1B0022
#43164E · #3D1E45 · #38253D
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.