Information about #484848 color

#484848 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#484848 falls into the Greyscale Color Family — Desaturated, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(72, 72, 72) — 28.2% red, 28.2% green, 28.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 72. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #484848 reads as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone and holds a balanced mid-tone. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Volcanic Ash (#484849). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Half Fuscous Grey (#494648) and Armadillo (#484A46).

Technically, #484848 is a perfectly balanced RGB mix — red, green and blue all sit at 72, which is what makes it a true neutral. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #484848: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:72), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#484848 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#484848 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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#6C6C6C

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#909090

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#B5B5B5

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#DADADA

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White

#FFFFFF

#484848 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#484848
#393939

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#2A2A2A

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#1C1C1C

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#0E0E0E

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Black

#000000

#484848 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#484848
#525252

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#5D5D5D

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Dim Gray

#696969
#747474

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#484848 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #484848

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Volcanic Ash color link
Volcanic Ash

#484849

Half Fuscous Grey color link
Half Fuscous Grey

#494648

Armadillo color link
Armadillo

#484A46

Gravel color link
Gravel

#4A4B46

Thriller color link
Thriller

#4B464B

Black Cow color link
Black Cow

#4C4646

Deep Space color link
Deep Space

#4C4945

Mollusc color link
Mollusc

#43464B

Cathedral color link
Cathedral

#4B4D4A

Tuna color link
Tuna

#46494E

Mangrove color link
Mangrove

#484E45

Relic color link
Relic

#4B4842

#484848 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#484848
  • RGB72, 72, 72
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 72
  • CSSrgb(72, 72, 72)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 28%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 28.235%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 28%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 28%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.282, 0.282)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.282, 0.282, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.282, 0.282)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.2%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID484848
  • DECIMAL ID4737096
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers34 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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