#483E50#483E50

#483E50 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.033 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483E50
RGB	rgb(72, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 23%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 22.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.85, 8.32, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.85, 12.46, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% 0.021 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.033 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8428, 5.4022, 8.3228)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483E50 #46503E

analogous

#3F3E50 #483E50 #503E4F

triadic

#483E50 #50483E #3E5048

tetradic

#483E50 #503F3E #46503E #3E4F50

square

#483E50 #503F3E #46503E #3E4F50

split-complementary

#483E50 #4F503E #3E503F

monochromatic

#100D11 #29232E #483E50 #675972 #867594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#483E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#483E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483E50

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483E50	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D424F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.033 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7381',
    500: '#483e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483e50;
$custom-light: #7b7381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 12.676,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38122,
    "c": 0.03274,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483E50

secondary

#747F6B

accent

#B67290

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECEE

border

#C8C7C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #483E50

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

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