#48456e

Color #48456e

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.73 Nearest Tailwind class slate-700 #314158 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#48456e

RGB

rgb(72, 69, 110)

HSL

hsl(244.4, 22.9%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.4, 37.3%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 37.3%, 0%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(31.25, 11.87, -23.3)

LCH

lch(31.25, 26.15, 297)

OKLCH

oklch(41.2%, 0.0678, 286.35)

HWB

hwb(244.4, 27.1%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b6e45

Analogous

#45566e

#48456e

#5d456e

Triadic

#48456e

#6e4845

#456e48

Split-complementary

#48456e

#6e5d45

#566e45

Tetradic

#48456e

#6e456b

#6b6e45

#456e48

Square

#48456e

#6e4556

#6b6e45

#456e5d

Shades

Color #48456e mixed toward black.

#3c3a5c

#302e49

#242337

#181725

#0c0c12

Tints

Color #48456e mixed toward white.

#5e5a90

#7b77aa

#9c99bf

#bdbbd4

#deddea

Tones

Color #48456e mixed toward gray.

#4b486b

#4e4c67

#514f64

#545360

#57565d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.35:1

White text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#474766 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#474764 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#485f5d · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 17.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #48456e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48456e]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#48456e (#48456e) is rgb(72, 69, 110) in RGB.

No, #48456e 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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