#48435C#48435C

#48435C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.042 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48435C
RGB	rgb(72, 67, 92)
HSL	hsl(252, 16%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(252, 27%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 8.11, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 16.21, 300.01°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.0168 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.042 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6110, 6.1647, 10.9647)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48435C #575C43

analogous

#434A5C #48435C #54435C

triadic

#48435C #5C4843 #435C48

tetradic

#48435C #5C434A #575C43 #435C54

square

#48435C #5C434A #575C43 #435C54

split-complementary

#48435C #5C5443 #4A5C43

monochromatic

#110F15 #2C2939 #48435C #645D7F #827B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#48435C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#48435C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48435C

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48435C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48435C	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D475D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E465B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44474C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48435c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 67, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.042 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b778a',
    500: '#48435c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48435c;
$custom-light: #7b778a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48435c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39813,
    "c": 0.04205,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48435C

secondary

#868B70

accent

#B86FAA

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09080B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48435C

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

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