#483A48#483A48

#483A48 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.030 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483A48
RGB	rgb(72, 58, 72)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 9.07, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 11.02, 325.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.025 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.03 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3551, 4.8718, 6.7879)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483A48 #3A483A

analogous

#413A48 #483A48 #483A41

triadic

#483A48 #48483A #3A4848

tetradic

#483A48 #48413A #3A483A #3A4148

square

#483A48 #48413A #3A483A #3A4148

split-complementary

#483A48 #41483A #3A4841

monochromatic

#110E11 #261F26 #483A48 #6A556A #8C718C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#483A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#483A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483A48

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483A48	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 58, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.030 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b707b',
    500: '#483a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483a48;
$custom-light: #7b707b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36872,
    "c": 0.03009,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483A48

secondary

#677767

accent

#B47474

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECED

border

#C8C7C8

text

#090709

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #483A48

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

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