#48475c

Color #48475c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.09 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#48475c

RGB

rgb(72, 71, 92)

HSL

hsl(242.9, 12.9%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.9, 22.8%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(31.01, 5.51, -12.22)

LCH

lch(31.01, 13.4, 294.27)

OKLCH

oklch(40.7%, 0.0349, 286.98)

HWB

hwb(242.9, 27.8%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b5c47

Analogous

#47515c

#48475c

#53475c

Triadic

#48475c

#5c4847

#475c48

Split-complementary

#48475c

#5c5347

#515c47

Tetradic

#48475c

#5c475b

#5b5c47

#475c48

Square

#48475c

#5c4751

#5b5c47

#475c53

Shades

Color #48475c mixed toward black.

#3c3b4d

#302f3d

#24242e

#18181f

#0c0c0f

Tints

Color #48475c mixed toward white.

#62607d

#7e7c9a

#9e9db3

#bebecd

#dfdee6

Tones

Color #48475c mixed toward gray.

#4a495a

#4b4b59

#4d4c57

#4e4e55

#505053

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.33:1

White text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484857 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#484856 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#485453 · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #48475c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48475c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#48475c (#48475c) is rgb(72, 71, 92) in RGB.

No, #48475c 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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