#48424E#48424E

#48424E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.021 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48424E
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(270, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 5.22, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 8.18, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0132 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.021 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9956, 5.8242, 8.0146)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48424E #484E42

analogous

#42424E #48424E #4E424E

triadic

#48424E #4E4842 #424E48

tetradic

#48424E #4E4242 #484E42 #424E4E

square

#48424E #4E4242 #484E42 #424E4E

split-complementary

#48424E #4E4E42 #424E42

monochromatic

#0F0E11 #29262D #48424E #675E6F #857B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#48424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#48424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48424E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48424E	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40444F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41444E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.021 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b767f',
    500: '#48424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48424e;
$custom-light: #7b767f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3896,
    "c": 0.02144,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48424E

secondary

#767D6F

accent

#B17694

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48424E

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

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