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Recognised as Colour

#48565E

  • #48565E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#48565E is a blue with RGB values 72, 86, 94 and HSL 202°, 13%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#48565E#48565E
HEX#48565E
RGBrgb(72, 86, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.3373, 0.3686
RGB percentages28.2%, 33.7%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(201.8, 13.3%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.8, 23.4%, 36.9%)
CMYK23.4%, 8.5%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,740,702
CSS custom property--colour: #48565E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#B7A9A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#52555Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F535Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#425858no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.8Dim grey · ΔE 11.4Slate grey · ΔE 17.7Gray · ΔE 19.3Light slate grey · ΔE 20.8Teal · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E5048
Analogous#485E5B, #484B5E
Triadic#5E4856, #565E48
Split complementary#5E484B, #5E5B48
Tetradic#5B485E, #5E5048, #4B5E48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0BCC2
Lighter +30%#93A3AC
Lighter +20%#768A96
Lighter +10%#5E707B
Darker −10%#323C41
Darker −20%#1C2124
Darker −30%#060707
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#335C73
Less saturated −25%#535353

Channel breakdown

R72
G86
B94
Red72 (28.2%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue201.82°
Saturation (HSL)13.25%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 56 · B 5E

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