Information about #483DAE color

#483DAE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #483DAE is classified in the Register under the Blue Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(72, 61, 174) — 28.2% red, 23.9% green, 68.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 40 / 44 / 0 / 32. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A clearly saturated deep-sea blue, #483DAE feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Ocean Blue (#4F42B5). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Moderate Blue (#4A4AA8) and Moderate Persian Blue (#554AA8).

The recipe behind #483DAE is rgb(72, 61, 174), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #483DAE background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 8.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.6:1. No one has named #483DAE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#483DAE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#483DAE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #483DAE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#483DAE
  • RGB72, 61, 174
  • CMYK40, 44, 0, 32
  • CSSrgb(72, 61, 174)
  • HSL246°, 48%, 46%
  • HSL Precise245.841°, 48.085%, 46.078%
  • HSV246°, 65%, 68%
  • HSB246°, 65%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.239
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.239, 0.682)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.239, 0.682, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.239, 0.682)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB23.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB68.2%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID483DAE
  • DECIMAL ID4734382
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01