#483E56#483E56

#483E56 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.042 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483E56
RGB	rgb(72, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(265, 16%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 28%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.10, 9.82, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.10, 16.13, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0232 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.042 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0745, 5.4949, 9.5429)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483E56 #4C563E

analogous

#3E4056 #483E56 #543E56

triadic

#483E56 #56483E #3E5648

tetradic

#483E56 #563E40 #4C563E #3E5654

square

#483E56 #563E40 #4C563E #3E5654

split-complementary

#483E56 #56543E #40563E

monochromatic

#0F0D12 #2A2432 #483E56 #66587A #84749B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#483E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#483E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483E56

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483E56	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.042 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7385',
    500: '#483e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483e56;
$custom-light: #7b7385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 16.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38397,
    "c": 0.04199,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483E56

secondary

#7A866A

accent

#B96F9A

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EDECEF

border

#C8C7CA

text

#09080B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #483E56

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

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