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#463abc

a balanced, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Dark Slate Blue

Token name suggestion: True Denim

RGB
70, 58, 188
HSL
246°, 53%, 48%
CMYK
63, 69, 0, 26
Luminance
0.0796

#463abc is a balanced vivid blue, 246° on the wheel and 80/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (8.10:1). As text it scores 8.10:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Slate Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(246 53% 48%)rgb(70 58 188)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #463abc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#463abc
Hue
246°
blue
Saturation
53%
vivid
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
74%
HSV value
Perceived
34%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0796
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
80/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
8.10:1
Closest name
Dark Slate Blue
ΔE2000 7.8
Chroma
79.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.449
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 15.2
Web-safe
#3333CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue246° of 360°
Saturation53%
Lightness48%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #463abc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool80% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red16%
Green38%
Blue46%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#463abc
HEX (8-digit)#463abcff
RGBrgb(70, 58, 188)
RGBArgba(70, 58, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(246, 53%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 69%, 74%)
HWBhwb(246 23% 26%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 69%, 0%, 26%)
LABlab(33.9 43.3 -66.6)
LCHlch(33.9 79.5 303.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.449 0.195 279.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.11, 7.96, 48.41)
Decimal4602556
Display P3color(display-p3 0.275 0.227 0.737)
Web-safe#3333CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #463abc;
background-color: #463abc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #463abc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#463abc] bg-[#463abc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #463abc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.275, green: 0.227, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.275, green: 0.227, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#463ABC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF463ABC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF463ABC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 58, 70)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(70, 58, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(70, 58, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 70, 58, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2745f, 0.2275f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{70,58,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #463abc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #463abc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#241E61, #D5D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #463abc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5F4FB;
  --brand-100: #EBE9F6;
  --brand-200: #D1CEED;
  --brand-300: #AFA9E5;
  --brand-400: #877ED7;
  --brand-500: #5E54CA;
  --brand-600: #463abc;
  --brand-700: #3A309C;
  --brand-800: #2E277D;
  --brand-900: #251F5B;
  --brand-950: #171439;
  --brand: #463abc;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F5F4FA;
  --brand-border: #C5C1EC;
  --brand-hover: #3C32A1;
  --brand-pressed: #322985;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #151424;
    --brand-ink: #D5D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F4FB',
        100: '#EBE9F6',
        200: '#D1CEED',
        300: '#AFA9E5',
        400: '#877ED7',
        500: '#5E54CA',
        600: '#463abc',
        700: '#3A309C',
        800: '#2E277D',
        900: '#251F5B',
        950: '#171439',
        DEFAULT: '#463abc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F4FB,
  '100': #EBE9F6,
  '200': #D1CEED,
  '300': #AFA9E5,
  '400': #877ED7,
  '500': #5E54CA,
  '600': #463abc,
  '700': #3A309C,
  '800': #2E277D,
  '900': #251F5B,
  '950': #171439,
);
$brand-base: #463abc;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBE9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D1CEED", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AFA9E5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#877ED7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5E54CA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#463abc", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3A309C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2E277D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#251F5B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#171439", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #463abc · 8.10:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 8.10:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.59:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #463abc as text scores 8.10:1 on white and 2.59:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EDECF9 at 6.93:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#463abc · 8.10:1
AA on whitealready passes
#463abc
The quick fox
#463abc · 8.10:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#463abc
The quick fox
#7168D0 · 4.59:1
AA on black+13% L
#7168D0
The quick fox
#968FDC · 7.26:1
AAA on black+23% L
#968FDC

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #463ABC is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#463abc on white: 8.10:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#463abc on black: 2.59:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #463abc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #463abc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White8.10:1AaAa
Slate 507.74:1AaAa
Slate 1007.40:1AaAa
Slate 2006.57:1AaAa
Slate 3005.46:1AaAa
Slate 4003.16:1AaAa
Slate 5001.70:1AaAa
Slate 6001.07:1AaAa
Slate 7001.28:1AaAa
Slate 8001.81:1AaAa
Slate 9002.20:1AaAa
Black2.59:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0055C0
deuteranopia · #004BBA
tritanopia · #005D76

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #463abc is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F4FB
#EBE9F6
#D1CEED
#AFA9E5
#877ED7
#5E54CA
#463abc
#3A309C
#2E277D
#251F5B
#171439
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F5F4FBDarkest = 950 · #171439Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.049 279.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.078 279.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.117 279.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.152 279.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.179 279.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.195 279.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.195 279.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.183 279.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.163 279.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.136 279.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.107 279.2);
}

Colors that work with #463abc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F5F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C5C1EC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#524B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A08E2C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#241E61
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDECF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#151424
Dark-mode background
Hover#3C32A1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#322985
Two steps down
Disabled#A5A2C4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#4739D2
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
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NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #463abc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight52/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#B0BC3A
Analogous left#3A6FBC
Analogous right#873ABC
Split-complement 1#BC873A
Split-complement 2#6FBC3A
Triadic 1#BC463A
Triadic 2#3ABC46
Tetradic#BC3A6F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°246°

#463abc sits at 246°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red27.5%
Green22.7%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
70
0x46
G · 0–255
58
0x3a
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan62.8%
Magenta69.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Total ink coverage is 158%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#463abc text on a black background

contrast 2.59:1

Card sample

#463abc text on a white background

contrast 8.10:1

Card sample

#463abc on grey

7.40:1

#463abc on its own surface

7.41:1

#463abc on its dark surface

2.24:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #463abc;
Background color
Panel with #463abc background
background-color: #463abc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #463abc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(70, 58, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(70, 58, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #463abc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #463abc, #9C3ABC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #463abc, #BC3ABB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #463abc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #463abc;
caret-color: #463abc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #463abc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDECF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #463abc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#463abc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #463abc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(70, 58, 188, 0.5)
rgb(70 58 188 / 50%)
#463abc80
hsl(246 53% 48% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #463abc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#463abc1a#EDEBF8
20%#463abc33#DAD8F2
40%#463abc66#B5B0E4
60%#463abc99#9089D7
80%#463abccc#6B61C9

Gradients from #463abc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6E64CF, #463abc 45%, #241E61);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #463abc, #9233A4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #463abc, #B0BC3A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #847BD6 0%, #463abc 45%, #241E61 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #5C93CD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A04DC8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #241E61 0%, transparent 65%), #463abc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #463abc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#463abc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 2.59:1 — lift it to #7168D0 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#463abc, answered

What color is #463abc?

#463abc is a balanced vivid blue, closest to Dark Slate Blue (ΔE2000 7.8). It sits at 246° on the hue wheel with 53% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #463abc?

rgb(70, 58, 188) — 70 red, 58 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 27.5% / 22.7% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #463abc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(246, 53%, 48%) and hsv(246, 69%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #463abc a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0796 and perceived brightness is 34%, so white text on it reaches 8.10:1.

Should I use black or white text on #463abc?

White. It scores 8.10:1 against #463abc, versus 2.59:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #463abc accessible on a white background?

#463abc on white scores 8.10:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #463abc?

#B0BC3A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BC873A and #6FBC3A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #463abc?

For interface work: #F5F4FA as the surface, #C5C1EC for borders, #524B9B for secondary text, #A08E2C as an accent and #241E61 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3A6FBC and #873ABC stays calm, while #B0BC3A is the loudest partner.

What is #463abc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(63%, 69%, 0%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #463abc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 80 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #763ABC; nudged cooler, #385ABE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #463abc?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 15.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #463abc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #463abc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#463abc] or text-[#463abc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #463abc with 50% opacity?

rgba(70, 58, 188, 0.5), or #463abc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A39DDE; over black, #231D5E.

Is #463abc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #3333CC, ΔE2000 2.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #463abc mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #463abc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #6E64CF, #463abc 45%, #241E61). For more colour, a short hue run to #9233A4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #463abc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #463abc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.