#483E4E#483E4E

#483E4E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.030 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483E4E
RGB	rgb(72, 62, 78)
HSL	hsl(278, 11%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 21%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 7.84, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 11.26, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0202 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.03 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7700, 5.3731, 7.9394)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483E4E #444E3E

analogous

#403E4E #483E4E #4E3E4C

triadic

#483E4E #4E483E #3E4E48

tetradic

#483E4E #4E403E #444E3E #3E4C4E

square

#483E4E #4E403E #444E3E #3E4C4E

split-complementary

#483E4E #4C4E3E #3E4E40

monochromatic

#100E11 #29232C #483E4E #675970 #877591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#483E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#483E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483E4E

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483E4E	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C414F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E424D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 62, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.030 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b737f',
    500: '#483e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483e4e;
$custom-light: #7b737f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38035,
    "c": 0.02975,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483E4E

secondary

#727D6B

accent

#B4738C

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECEE

border

#C8C7C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #483E4E

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

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