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Colour

#48575B

  • #48575B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#48575B is a cyan with RGB values 72, 87, 91 and HSL 193°, 12%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#48575B#48575B
HEX#48575B
RGBrgb(72, 87, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.3412, 0.3569
RGB percentages28.2%, 34.1%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(192.6, 11.7%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 20.9%, 35.7%)
CMYK20.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,740,955
CSS custom property--colour: #48575B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#B7A8A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#54565Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#51535Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#435958no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8.3Dim grey · ΔE 10.7Slate grey · ΔE 18.3Gray · ΔE 18.8Light slate grey · ΔE 21.3Teal · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B4C48
Analogous#485B56, #484E5B
Triadic#5B4857, #575B48
Split complementary#5B484E, #5B5648
Tetradic#56485B, #5B4C48, #4E5B48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFBCC0
Lighter +30%#93A5A9
Lighter +20%#768D93
Lighter +10%#5F7277
Darker −10%#313C3F
Darker −20%#1B2122
Darker −30%#040506
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#34636F
Less saturated −25%#525252

Channel breakdown

R72
G87
B91
Red72 (28.2%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue192.63°
Saturation (HSL)11.66%
Lightness31.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 57 · B 5B

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