#48404b

Color #48404b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#48404b

RGB

rgb(72, 64, 75)

HSL

hsl(283.6, 7.9%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.6, 14.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 14.7%, 0%, 70.6%)

LAB

lab(28.25, 5.82, -5.4)

LCH

lch(28.25, 7.94, 317.14)

OKLCH

oklch(38.4%, 0.0212, 316.72)

HWB

hwb(283.6, 25.1%, 70.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#434b40

Analogous

#43404b

#48404b

#4b4049

Triadic

#48404b

#4b4840

#404b48

Split-complementary

#48404b

#494b40

#404b43

Tetradic

#48404b

#4b4043

#434b40

#404b48

Square

#48404b

#4b4340

#434b40

#40494b

Shades

Color #48404b mixed toward black.

#3c353f

#302b32

#242026

#181519

#0c0b0d

Tints

Color #48404b mixed toward white.

#685d6c

#887a8d

#a69baa

#c3bcc6

#e1dee3

Tones

Color #48404b mixed toward gray.

#48414a

#474249

#474348

#464447

#464547

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.11:1

White text reads better on this background (9.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#454549 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#454648 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#484646 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#434343 · ΔE 8.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #48404b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48404b]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#48404b (#48404b) is rgb(72, 64, 75) in RGB.

No, #48404b 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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