#48404E#48404E

#48404E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.026 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48404E
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(274, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 6.53, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 9.71, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.0167 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.026 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8808, 5.5946, 7.9763)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48404E #464E40

analogous

#41404E #48404E #4E404D

triadic

#48404E #4E4840 #404E48

tetradic

#48404E #4E4140 #464E40 #404D4E

square

#48404E #4E4140 #464E40 #404D4E

split-complementary

#48404E #4D4E40 #404E41

monochromatic

#100E11 #29242C #48404E #675C70 #867890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#48404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#48404E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48404E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48404E	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E424F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40434E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.026 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b747f',
    500: '#48404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48404e;
$custom-light: #7b747f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38495,
    "c": 0.02556,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48404E

secondary

#747D6D

accent

#B3758F

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48404E

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

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