#483C8A#483C8A

#483C8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.125 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483C8A
RGB	rgb(72, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(249, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(249, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 56.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 26.38, -41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 49.58, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.0357 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.125 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8745, 6.4440, 24.8161)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483C8A #7E8A3C

analogous

#3C578A #483C8A #6F3C8A

triadic

#483C8A #8A483C #3C8A48

tetradic

#483C8A #8A3C57 #7E8A3C #3C8A6F

square

#483C8A #8A3C57 #7E8A3C #3C8A6F

split-complementary

#483C8A #8A6F3C #578A3C

monochromatic

#1B1735 #32295F #483C8A #5F50B3 #867BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#483C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#483C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483C8A

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483C8A	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F4688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.125 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8072ad',
    500: '#483c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483c8a;
$custom-light: #8072ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41173,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483C8A

secondary

#A6AF73

accent

#CF59BD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #483C8A

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

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