#483C8F#483C8F

#483C8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.132 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483C8F
RGB	rgb(72, 60, 143)
HSL	hsl(249, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(249, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 58%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 27.96, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 52.55, 302.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% 0.0358 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.132 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2448, 6.5922, 26.7666)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483C8F #838F3C

analogous

#3C598F #483C8F #723C8F

triadic

#483C8F #8F483C #3C8F48

tetradic

#483C8F #8F3C59 #838F3C #3C8F72

square

#483C8F #8F3C59 #838F3C #3C8F72

split-complementary

#483C8F #8F723C #598F3C

monochromatic

#1D1839 #322A64 #483C8F #6052B6 #887DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#483C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#483C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483C8F

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483C8F	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#044B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 60, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.132 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8172b0',
    500: '#483c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483c8f;
$custom-light: #8172b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.675,
    "s": 40.887,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41548,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483C8F

secondary

#A9B275

accent

#D157BF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF5

border

#CAC7CF

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #483C8F

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

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