#483D4E#483D4E

#483D4E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.032 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483D4E
RGB	rgb(72, 61, 78)
HSL	hsl(279, 12%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 22%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 8.49, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 12.04, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.022 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.032 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7162, 5.2653, 7.9214)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483D4E #434E3D

analogous

#403D4E #483D4E #4E3D4C

triadic

#483D4E #4E483D #3D4E48

tetradic

#483D4E #4E403D #434E3D #3D4C4E

square

#483D4E #4E403D #434E3D #3D4C4E

split-complementary

#483D4E #4C4E3D #3D4E40

monochromatic

#100D11 #28222C #483D4E #685870 #877392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#483D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#483D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483D4E

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483D4E	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B404F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D414D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 61, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.032 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b727f',
    500: '#483d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483d4e;
$custom-light: #7b727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 12.23,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37807,
    "c": 0.03185,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483D4E

secondary

#707D6A

accent

#B5738A

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECEE

border

#C8C7C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #483D4E

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

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