#483E5E#483E5E

#483E5E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.055 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483E5E
RGB	rgb(72, 62, 94)
HSL	hsl(259, 21%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 34%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 34%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, 11.93, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 21.12, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0258 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.055 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4150, 5.6311, 11.3364)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483E5E #545E3E

analogous

#3E445E #483E5E #583E5E

triadic

#483E5E #5E483E #3E5E48

tetradic

#483E5E #5E3E44 #545E3E #3E5E58

square

#483E5E #5E3E44 #545E3E #3E5E58

split-complementary

#483E5E #5E583E #445E3E

monochromatic

#100D14 #2C2639 #483E5E #645683 #8273A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#483E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#483E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483E5E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483E5E	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37435F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38435D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44434A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 62, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.055 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b738b',
    500: '#483e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483e5e;
$custom-light: #7b738b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 20.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38794,
    "c": 0.05462,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483E5E

secondary

#838E6A

accent

#BD6BA3

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EEECF0

border

#C9C7CB

text

#09080C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #483E5E

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

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