#483E52#483E52

#483E52 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.036 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483E52
RGB	rgb(72, 62, 82)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 24%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.93, 8.81, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.93, 13.67, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0217 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.036 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9178, 5.4322, 8.7178)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483E52 #48523E

analogous

#3E3E52 #483E52 #523E52

triadic

#483E52 #52483E #3E5248

tetradic

#483E52 #523E3E #48523E #3E5252

square

#483E52 #523E3E #48523E #3E5252

split-complementary

#483E52 #52523E #3E523E

monochromatic

#0F0D11 #29242F #483E52 #675875 #857496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#483E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#483E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483E52

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483E52	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B4253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D4251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 62, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.036 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7382',
    500: '#483e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483e52;
$custom-light: #7b7382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 13.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38212,
    "c": 0.03579,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483E52

secondary

#76816A

accent

#B77194

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECEE

border

#C8C7C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #483E52

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

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