Dark Slate Blue color: #483d8b
The CSS keyword darkslateblue is #483d8b, rgb(72, 61, 139) or hsl(248, 39%, 39%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Dark Slate Blue
Dark Slate Blue is a dark blue. Its hue sits at 286° in OKLCH and 248° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword darkslateblue comes from the X Window System color list, which SVG 1.0 adopted and CSS Color Level 3 brought to every stylesheet.
Dark Slate Blue tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding darkslateblue’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 700 (#4f468e), the one outlined; step 500 is #8179cd.
Harmonies built on Dark Slate Blue
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps darkslateblue’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #524e00, closest to the named color darkolivegreen.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Dark Slate Blue on white and on black
White text reads better on darkslateblue (9.06:1). As a text color it is readable on a white page (9.06:1, AAA). AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Dark Slate Blue
Open darkslateblue in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --darkslateblue-50 … --darkslateblue-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
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