Recognised as Colour

#483EE2

#483EE2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#483EE2 is a blue with RGB values 72, 62, 226 and HSL 244°, 74%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#483EE2

RGBrgb(72, 62, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.2431, 0.8863

RGB percentages28.2%, 24.3%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(243.7, 73.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243.7, 72.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK68.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,734,690

CSS custom property--colour: #483EE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.86:1

Contrast with white6.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#B7C11D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Deuteranopia#0053DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#006D8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.2 Medium blue · ΔE 21.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.7 Dark violet · ΔE 25.5 Dark blue · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D8E23E

Analogous#3E86E2, #9A3EE2

Triadic#E2483E, #3EE248

Split complementary#E29A3E, #86E23E

Tetradic#E23E86, #D8E23E, #3EE29A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EFFD

Lighter +30%#C6C3F6

Lighter +20%#9C97EF

Lighter +10%#726AE9

Darker −10%#2A1FCE

Darker −20%#2118A2

Darker −30%#181275

Darker −40%#0F0B49

More saturated +25%#3022FE

Less saturated −25%#605AC6

Channel breakdown

R72

G62

B226

Red72 (28.2%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue243.66°

Saturation (HSL)73.87%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G 3E · B E2

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