#48455d

Color #48455d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.99 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#48455d

RGB

rgb(72, 69, 93)

HSL

hsl(247.5, 14.8%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.5, 25.8%, 36.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 63.5%)

LAB

lab(30.46, 7.07, -13.71)

LCH

lch(30.46, 15.43, 297.28)

OKLCH

oklch(40.3%, 0.0401, 290.15)

HWB

hwb(247.5, 27.1%, 63.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5d45

Analogous

#454e5d

#48455d

#54455d

Triadic

#48455d

#5d4845

#455d48

Split-complementary

#48455d

#5d5445

#4e5d45

Tetradic

#48455d

#5d455a

#5a5d45

#455d48

Square

#48455d

#5d454e

#5a5d45

#455d54

Shades

Color #48455d mixed toward black.

#3c3a4e

#302e3e

#24232f

#18171f

#0c0c10

Tints

Color #48455d mixed toward white.

#625e7e

#7e7a9c

#9e9bb5

#bfbcce

#dfdee6

Tones

Color #48455d mixed toward gray.

#4a475b

#4b4959

#4d4b57

#4e4d55

#504f53

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.28:1

White text reads better on this background (9.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#474758 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#474757 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#485453 · ΔE 16.9

Achromatopsia

#484848 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48455d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48455d]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#48455d (#48455d) is rgb(72, 69, 93) in RGB.

No, #48455d 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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