#483D8A#483D8A

#483D8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.123 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483D8A
RGB	rgb(72, 61, 138)
HSL	hsl(249, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(249, 56%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 55.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 25.73, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 48.90, 301.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.36% 0.0345 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(41.36% 0.123 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9273, 6.5498, 24.8337)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483D8A #7F8A3D

analogous

#3D598A #483D8A #6F3D8A

triadic

#483D8A #8A483D #3D8A48

tetradic

#483D8A #8A3D59 #7F8A3D #3D8A6F

square

#483D8A #8A3D59 #7F8A3D #3D8A6F

split-complementary

#483D8A #8A6F3D #598A3D

monochromatic

#1C1735 #322A60 #483D8A #6052B2 #877CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#483D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#483D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483D8A

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483D8A	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#124688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 61, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.123 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8073ad',
    500: '#483d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483d8a;
$custom-light: #8073ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 38.693,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41361,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483D8A

secondary

#A7AF74

accent

#CF59BE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #483D8A

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

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