#483ea5

Color #483ea5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#483ea5

RGB

rgb(72, 62, 165)

HSL

hsl(245.8, 45.4%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.8, 62.4%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(33, 33.8, -54.39)

LCH

lch(33, 64.04, 301.86)

OKLCH

oklch(43.7%, 0.1596, 281.89)

HWB

hwb(245.8, 24.3%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba53e

Analogous

#3e68a5

#483ea5

#7b3ea5

Triadic

#483ea5

#a5483e

#3ea548

Split-complementary

#483ea5

#a57b3e

#68a53e

Tetradic

#483ea5

#a53e9b

#9ba53e

#3ea548

Square

#483ea5

#a53e68

#9ba53e

#3ea57b

Shades

Color #483ea5 mixed toward black.

#3c3489

#30296e

#241f52

#181537

#0c0a1b

Tints

Color #483ea5 mixed toward white.

#5e54bf

#7e76cb

#9e98d8

#bfbae5

#dfddf2

Tones

Color #483ea5 mixed toward gray.

#4f479c

#564f94

#5d588b

#646083

#6b697a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.51:1

White text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#444494 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#444590 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#488581 · ΔE 35.3

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #483ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#483ea5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#483ea5 (#483ea5) is rgb(72, 62, 165) in RGB.

No, #483ea5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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