#48566e

Color #48566e

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.7 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48566e

RGB

rgb(72, 86, 110)

HSL

hsl(217.9, 20.9%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.9, 34.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 21.8%, 0%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(36.29, 0.94, -15.5)

LCH

lch(36.29, 15.53, 273.47)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.0433, 261.1)

HWB

hwb(217.9, 28.2%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e6048

Analogous

#48696e

#48566e

#4d486e

Triadic

#48566e

#6e4856

#566e48

Split-complementary

#48566e

#6e4d48

#696e48

Tetradic

#48566e

#60486e

#6e6048

#566e48

Square

#48566e

#6e4869

#6e6048

#486e4d

Shades

Color #48566e mixed toward black.

#3c485c

#303949

#242b37

#181d25

#0c0e12

Tints

Color #48566e mixed toward white.

#5e708f

#7b8ca9

#9ca9be

#bdc5d4

#dee2e9

Tones

Color #48566e mixed toward gray.

#4b576b

#4e5868

#525965

#555961

#585a5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.83:1

White text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4f69 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#4e4d68 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#496463 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 11.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #48566e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48566e]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#48566e (#48566e) is rgb(72, 86, 110) in RGB.

No, #48566e 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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