#48487d

Color #48487d

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.8 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#48487d

RGB

rgb(72, 72, 125)

HSL

hsl(240, 26.9%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 42.4%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.4%, 42.4%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(32.9, 14.46, -30.1)

LCH

lch(32.9, 33.39, 295.66)

OKLCH

oklch(42.7%, 0.0867, 282.11)

HWB

hwb(240, 28.2%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d7d48

Analogous

#48627d

#48487d

#62487d

Triadic

#48487d

#7d4848

#487d48

Split-complementary

#48487d

#7d6248

#627d48

Tetradic

#48487d

#7d487d

#7d7d48

#487d48

Square

#48487d

#7d4862

#7d7d48

#487d62

Shades

Color #48487d mixed toward black.

#3c3c68

#303053

#24243e

#18182a

#0c0c15

Tints

Color #48487d mixed toward white.

#5b5b9e

#7b7bb3

#9c9cc6

#bdbdd9

#dedeec

Tones

Color #48487d mixed toward gray.

#4c4c78

#515174

#555570

#5a5a6b

#5e5e67

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.5:1

White text reads better on this background (8.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484873 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#484870 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#486a68 · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48487d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48487d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#48487d (#48487d) is rgb(72, 72, 125) in RGB.

No, #48487d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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