Information about #48374C color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly toned purple-pink magenta, #48374C occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Bossanova (#4C3D4E). Slightly further away sit Loulou (#4C3347) and Warlord (#45404F).
The recipe behind #48374C is rgb(72, 55, 76), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 10.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.9:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:70), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #48374C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#48374C color variations
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#48374C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#48374C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#48374C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#48374C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#48374C color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #48374C color
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Nearest named colors to #48374C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4C3D4E
#4C3347
#45404F
#453C43
#463C42
#50404D
#3C3748
#3F2E4C
#3D3E4C
#3E3A44
#4B4042
#3E414A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#48374C
- RGB72, 55, 76
- CMYK2, 8, 0, 70
- CSSrgb(72, 55, 76)
- HSL289°, 16%, 26%
- HSL Precise288.571°, 16.031%, 25.686%
- HSV289°, 28%, 30%
- HSB289°, 28%, 30%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.216
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.298
- GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.216, 0.298)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.216, 0.298, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.216, 0.298)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB21.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB29.8%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID48374C
- DECIMAL ID4732748
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
