#48686b

Color #48686b

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 10.67 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#48686b

RGB

rgb(72, 104, 107)

HSL

hsl(185.1, 19.6%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.1, 32.7%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.7%, 2.8%, 0%, 58%)

LAB

lab(41.75, -10.73, -5.41)

LCH

lch(41.75, 12.02, 206.76)

OKLCH

oklch(49.4%, 0.0374, 203.34)

HWB

hwb(185.1, 28.2%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b4b48

Analogous

#486b5c

#48686b

#48576b

Triadic

#48686b

#6b4868

#686b48

Split-complementary

#48686b

#6b4857

#6b5c48

Tetradic

#48686b

#4b486b

#6b4b48

#686b48

Square

#48686b

#5c486b

#6b4b48

#576b48

Shades

Color #48686b mixed toward black.

#3c5759

#304547

#243436

#182324

#0c1112

Tints

Color #48686b mixed toward white.

#5e888c

#7ba3a6

#9cbabc

#bdd1d3

#dee8e9

Tones

Color #48686b mixed toward gray.

#4b6668

#4e6365

#516162

#545e5f

#575c5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.47:1

White text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#58586a · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#56536a · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#4a6a6a · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48686b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48686b]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#48686b (#48686b) is rgb(72, 104, 107) in RGB.

No, #48686b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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