#483C8E#483C8E

#483C8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.131 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483C8E
RGB	rgb(72, 60, 142)
HSL	hsl(249, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(249, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 57.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 27.64, -44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 51.96, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0358 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.131 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1694, 6.5620, 26.3694)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483C8E #828E3C

analogous

#3C598E #483C8E #713C8E

triadic

#483C8E #8E483C #3C8E48

tetradic

#483C8E #8E3C59 #828E3C #3C8E71

square

#483C8E #8E3C59 #828E3C #3C8E71

split-complementary

#483C8E #8E713C #598E3C

monochromatic

#1C1838 #322A63 #483C8E #6052B6 #887DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#483C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#483C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483C8E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483C8E	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#074B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 60, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.131 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8072b0',
    500: '#483c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483c8e;
$custom-light: #8072b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.78,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41472,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483C8E

secondary

#A9B274

accent

#D057BF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF5

border

#CAC7CF

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #483C8E

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

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