#483A52#483A52

#483A52 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.044 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483A52
RGB	rgb(72, 58, 82)
HSL	hsl(275, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 29%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 29.3%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 11.44, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 16.75, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.32% 0.0288 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(37.32% 0.044 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7083, 5.0131, 8.6479)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483A52 #44523A

analogous

#3C3A52 #483A52 #523A50

triadic

#483A52 #52483A #3A5248

tetradic

#483A52 #523C3A #44523A #3A5052

square

#483A52 #523C3A #44523A #3A5052

split-complementary

#483A52 #50523A #3A523C

monochromatic

#100D12 #29212E #483A52 #675376 #876E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#483A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#483A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483A52

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483A52	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#394051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 58, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.044 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7082',
    500: '#483a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483a52;
$custom-light: #7b7082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37319,
    "c": 0.04404,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483A52

secondary

#728266

accent

#BA6E8E

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECEE

border

#C9C7C9

text

#09070A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #483A52

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

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