#48454c

Color #48454c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.52 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-700 #3f3f46 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#48454c

RGB

rgb(72, 69, 76)

HSL

hsl(265.7, 4.8%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.7, 9.2%, 29.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 70.2%)

LAB

lab(29.8, 2.82, -3.75)

LCH

lch(29.8, 4.69, 306.94)

OKLCH

oklch(39.6%, 0.0122, 304.99)

HWB

hwb(265.7, 27.1%, 70.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#494c45

Analogous

#45454c

#48454c

#4b454c

Triadic

#48454c

#4c4845

#454c48

Split-complementary

#48454c

#4c4b45

#454c45

Tetradic

#48454c

#4c4549

#494c45

#454c48

Square

#48454c

#4c4545

#494c45

#454c4b

Shades

Color #48454c mixed toward black.

#3c393f

#302e33

#242226

#181719

#0c0b0d

Tints

Color #48454c mixed toward white.

#66626c

#847f8b

#a39fa8

#c2bfc5

#e0dfe2

Tones

Color #48454c mixed toward gray.

#48464b

#48474a

#484849

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.23:1

White text reads better on this background (9.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#47474a · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#47474a · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#484949 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48454c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48454c]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#48454c (#48454c) is rgb(72, 69, 76) in RGB.

No, #48454c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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