#483e8a

Color #483e8a

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 1.33 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#483e8a

RGB

rgb(72, 62, 138)

HSL

hsl(247.9, 38%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.9, 55.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(31.01, 25.09, -41.17)

LCH

lch(31.01, 48.21, 301.36)

OKLCH

oklch(41.6%, 0.1219, 285.8)

HWB

hwb(247.9, 24.3%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#808a3e

Analogous

#3e5a8a

#483e8a

#6e3e8a

Triadic

#483e8a

#8a483e

#3e8a48

Split-complementary

#483e8a

#8a6e3e

#5a8a3e

Tetradic

#483e8a

#8a3e80

#808a3e

#3e8a48

Square

#483e8a

#8a3e5a

#808a3e

#3e8a6e

Shades

Color #483e8a mixed toward black.

#3c3473

#30295c

#241f45

#18152e

#0c0a17

Tints

Color #483e8a mixed toward white.

#5b4eae

#7b70bf

#9c94cf

#bdb8df

#dedbef

Tones

Color #483e8a mixed toward gray.

#4d4484

#514b7d

#565177

#5b5771

#5f5e6a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.33:1

White text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#44447d · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#444579 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#48716e · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 23.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #483e8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#483e8a]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#483e8a (#483e8a) is rgb(72, 62, 138) in RGB.

No, #483e8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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