#483E8A#483E8A

#483E8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.122 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483E8A
RGB	rgb(72, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(248, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(248, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, 25.09, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 48.21, 301.36°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% 0.0332 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.122 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.9812, 6.6576, 24.8516)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483E8A #808A3E

analogous

#3E5A8A #483E8A #6E3E8A

triadic

#483E8A #8A483E #3E8A48

tetradic

#483E8A #8A3E5A #808A3E #3E8A6E

square

#483E8A #8A3E5A #808A3E #3E8A6E

split-complementary

#483E8A #8A6E3E #5A8A3E

monochromatic

#1C1836 #322B60 #483E8A #6053B2 #877EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#483E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#483E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483E8A

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483E8A	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#154788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.122 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8073ad',
    500: '#483e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483e8a;
$custom-light: #8073ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.895,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41551,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483E8A

secondary

#A7AF75

accent

#CE5ABF

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0A0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #483E8A

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

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