#483C52#483C52

#483C52 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.040 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483C52
RGB	rgb(72, 60, 82)
HSL	hsl(273, 15%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 26.8%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.35, 10.13, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.35, 15.21, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% 0.0253 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.04 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8111, 5.2187, 8.6822)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483C52 #46523C

analogous

#3D3C52 #483C52 #523C51

triadic

#483C52 #52483C #3C5248

tetradic

#483C52 #523D3C #46523C #3C5152

square

#483C52 #523D3C #46523C #3C5152

split-complementary

#483C52 #51523C #3C523D

monochromatic

#100D12 #29222F #483C52 #675675 #867197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#483C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#483C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483C52

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483C52	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 60, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.040 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7182',
    500: '#483c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483c52;
$custom-light: #7b7182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37762,
    "c": 0.0399,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483C52

secondary

#748268

accent

#B87091

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECEE

border

#C8C7C9

text

#09070A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #483C52

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

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