Recognised as Colour

#483DAC

#483DAC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#483DAC is a blue with RGB values 72, 61, 172 and HSL 246°, 48%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#483DAC#483DAC

HEX#483DAC

RGBrgb(72, 61, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.2392, 0.6745

RGB percentages28.2%, 23.9%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(245.9, 47.6%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245.9, 64.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK58.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,734,380

CSS custom property--colour: #483DAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.27:1

Contrast with white8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#B7C253

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0052B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#004AAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Tritanopia#0D596Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 12 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.5 Royal blue · ΔE 19.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 20 Indigo · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A1AC3D

Analogous#3D6AAC, #7F3DAC

Triadic#AC483D, #3DAC48

Split complementary#AC7F3D, #6AAC3D

Tetradic#AC3D6A, #A1AC3D, #3DAC7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CDC9EC

Lighter +30%#A9A3DF

Lighter +20%#867ED1

Lighter +10%#6358C4

Darker −10%#383086

Darker −20%#282261

Darker −30%#19153B

Darker −40%#090815

More saturated +25%#3120C9

Less saturated −25%#5F5A8F

Channel breakdown

R72

G61

B172

Red72 (28.2%)

Green61 (23.9%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue245.95°

Saturation (HSL)47.64%

Lightness45.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G 3D · B AC

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