#48537a

Color #48537a

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 19.78 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48537a

RGB

rgb(72, 83, 122)

HSL

hsl(226.8, 25.8%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.8, 41%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 32%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(35.92, 6.4, -23.5)

LCH

lch(35.92, 24.36, 285.23)

OKLCH

oklch(45%, 0.0656, 271.48)

HWB

hwb(226.8, 28.2%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a6f48

Analogous

#486c7a

#48537a

#56487a

Triadic

#48537a

#7a4853

#537a48

Split-complementary

#48537a

#7a5648

#6c7a48

Tetradic

#48537a

#6f487a

#7a6f48

#537a48

Square

#48537a

#7a486c

#7a6f48

#487a56

Shades

Color #48537a mixed toward black.

#3c4566

#303751

#24293d

#181c29

#0c0e14

Tints

Color #48537a mixed toward white.

#5b699b

#7a86b1

#9ca5c4

#bdc3d8

#dee1eb

Tones

Color #48537a mixed toward gray.

#4c5576

#505872

#545a6d

#595c69

#5d5f65

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.79:1

White text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d72 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#4c4c70 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#496b6a · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #48537a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48537a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#48537a (#48537a) is rgb(72, 83, 122) in RGB.

No, #48537a 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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