#48495c

Color #48495c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.8 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48495c

RGB

rgb(72, 73, 92)

HSL

hsl(237, 12.2%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237, 21.7%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(31.61, 4.22, -11.31)

LCH

lch(31.61, 12.07, 290.46)

OKLCH

oklch(41.2%, 0.0317, 282.59)

HWB

hwb(237, 28.2%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c5b48

Analogous

#48535c

#48495c

#51485c

Triadic

#48495c

#5c4849

#495c48

Split-complementary

#48495c

#5c5148

#535c48

Tetradic

#48495c

#5b485c

#5c5b48

#495c48

Square

#48495c

#5c4853

#5c5b48

#485c51

Shades

Color #48495c mixed toward black.

#3c3d4d

#30313d

#24252e

#18181f

#0c0c0f

Tints

Color #48495c mixed toward white.

#61637c

#7e7f9a

#9e9fb3

#bebfcc

#dfdfe6

Tones

Color #48495c mixed toward gray.

#4a4b5a

#4b4c59

#4d4e57

#4f4f55

#505154

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.38:1

White text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484858 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#484857 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#485454 · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 10

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #48495c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48495c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#48495c (#48495c) is rgb(72, 73, 92) in RGB.

No, #48495c 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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