#48308f

Color #48308f

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 9.15 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#48308f

RGB

rgb(72, 48, 143)

HSL

hsl(255.2, 49.7%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.2, 66.4%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 66.4%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(28.05, 35.36, -49.06)

LCH

lch(28.05, 60.47, 305.78)

OKLCH

oklch(39.5%, 0.149, 289.41)

HWB

hwb(255.2, 18.8%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#778f30

Analogous

#30488f

#48308f

#78308f

Triadic

#48308f

#8f4830

#308f48

Split-complementary

#48308f

#8f7830

#488f30

Tetradic

#48308f

#8f3077

#778f30

#308f48

Square

#48308f

#8f3048

#778f30

#308f78

Shades

Color #48308f mixed toward black.

#3c2877

#30205f

#241848

#181030

#0c0818

Tints

Color #48308f mixed toward white.

#5c3db7

#7b60ca

#9c88d7

#bdafe4

#ded7f2

Tones

Color #48308f mixed toward gray.

#4c3887

#50407f

#544877

#58506f

#5c5868

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.09:1

White text reads better on this background (10.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3f80 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#40427c · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#47726f · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48308f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48308f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#48308f (#48308f) is rgb(72, 48, 143) in RGB.

No, #48308f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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