#48384E#48384E

#48384E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.042 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48384E
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 78)
HSL	hsl(284, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 28.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 11.79, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 15.94, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0309 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.042 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4616, 4.7562, 7.8366)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48384E #3E4E38

analogous

#3D384E #48384E #4E3849

triadic

#48384E #4E4838 #384E48

tetradic

#48384E #4E3D38 #3E4E38 #38494E

square

#48384E #4E3D38 #3E4E38 #38494E

split-complementary

#48384E #494E38 #384E3D

monochromatic

#100D12 #271E2A #48384E #695272 #8A6B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#48384E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#48384E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48384E

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48384E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48384E	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48384e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.042 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6e7f',
    500: '#48384e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48384e;
$custom-light: #7b6e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48384e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36692,
    "c": 0.04247,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48384E

secondary

#6B7E64

accent

#B96F83

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECEE

border

#C8C7C9

text

#09070A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48384E

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