#48434F#48434F

#48434F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.021 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48434F
RGB	rgb(72, 67, 79)
HSL	hsl(265, 8%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.30, 4.82, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.30, 8.04, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(39.24% 0.0118 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(39.24% 0.021 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0907, 5.9565, 8.2245)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48434F #4A4F43

analogous

#43444F #48434F #4E434F

triadic

#48434F #4F4843 #434F48

tetradic

#48434F #4F4344 #4A4F43 #434F4E

square

#48434F #4F4344 #4A4F43 #434F4E

split-complementary

#48434F #4F4E43 #444F43

monochromatic

#0F0E11 #2A272E #48434F #665F70 #857C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#48434F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#48434F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48434F

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48434F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48434F	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42454F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48434f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 67, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.021 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7780',
    500: '#48434f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48434f;
$custom-light: #7b7780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48434f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 8.219,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39236,
    "c": 0.02098,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48434F

secondary

#787E70

accent

#B17799

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48434F

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

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