#483CA9#483CA9

#483CA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.168 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483CA9
RGB	rgb(72, 60, 169)
HSL	hsl(247, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(247, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 36.32, -57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 67.60, 302.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.0346 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.168 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4476, 7.4733, 38.3677)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483CA9 #9DA93C

analogous

#3C66A9 #483CA9 #7F3CA9

triadic

#483CA9 #A9483C #3CA948

tetradic

#483CA9 #A93C66 #9DA93C #3CA97F

square

#483CA9 #A93C66 #9DA93C #3CA97F

split-complementary

#483CA9 #A97F3C #66A93C

monochromatic

#221C4F #352C7C #483CA9 #685DC5 #928AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#483CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#483CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483CA9

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483CA9	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 60, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.168 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572c3',
    500: '#483ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483ca9;
$custom-light: #8572c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.606,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43646,
    "c": 0.16751,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483CA9

secondary

#B9C081

accent

#D751C8

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #483CA9

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

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