#483C8D#483C8D

#483C8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.129 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483C8D
RGB	rgb(72, 60, 141)
HSL	hsl(249, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(249, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 27.33, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 51.37, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.4% 0.0358 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(41.4% 0.129 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0947, 6.5321, 25.9758)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483C8D #818D3C

analogous

#3C598D #483C8D #713C8D

triadic

#483C8D #8D483C #3C8D48

tetradic

#483C8D #8D3C59 #818D3C #3C8D71

square

#483C8D #8D3C59 #818D3C #3C8D71

split-complementary

#483C8D #8D713C #598D3C

monochromatic

#1C1737 #322A62 #483C8D #6051B5 #877CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#483C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#483C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483C8D

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483C8D	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#094A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 60, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.129 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8072af',
    500: '#483c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483c8d;
$custom-light: #8072af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.889,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41397,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483C8D

secondary

#A8B174

accent

#D058BE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #483C8D

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

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