#483d4e

Color #483d4e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#483d4e

RGB

rgb(72, 61, 78)

HSL

hsl(278.8, 12.2%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.8, 21.8%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(27.48, 8.49, -8.53)

LCH

lch(27.48, 12.03, 314.87)

OKLCH

oklch(37.8%, 0.0319, 313.6)

HWB

hwb(278.8, 23.9%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#434e3d

Analogous

#403d4e

#483d4e

#4e3d4c

Triadic

#483d4e

#4e483d

#3d4e48

Split-complementary

#483d4e

#4c4e3d

#3d4e40

Tetradic

#483d4e

#4e3d43

#434e3d

#3d4e48

Square

#483d4e

#4e403d

#434e3d

#3d4c4e

Shades

Color #483d4e mixed toward black.

#3c3341

#302934

#241f27

#18141a

#0c0a0d

Tints

Color #483d4e mixed toward white.

#685871

#887492

#a697ae

#c3bac9

#e1dce4

Tones

Color #483d4e mixed toward gray.

#483f4d

#47404b

#47414a

#464348

#464447

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.05:1

White text reads better on this background (10.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#43434a · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#444549 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#474747 · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#414141 · ΔE 11.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #483d4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#483d4e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#483d4e (#483d4e) is rgb(72, 61, 78) in RGB.

No, #483d4e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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