Information about #48787A color
Basic facts about this digital color
A mildly saturated cyan, #48787A occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Beetle Green (#4C787E). Slightly further away sit Faded Jade (#427977) and Breaker Bay (#517B78).
In RGB terms — rgb(72, 120, 122) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 4.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.2:1. #48787A has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#48787A color variations
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#48787A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#48787A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#48787A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#48787A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#48787A 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 #48787A color
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Nearest named colors to #48787A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4C787E
#427977
#517B78
#486C7A
#4A766E
#488084
#527F76
#547377
#4E6E81
#3B7577
#48798A
#40826D
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#48787A
- RGB72, 120, 122
- CMYK20, 1, 0, 52
- CSSrgb(72, 120, 122)
- HSL182°, 26%, 38%
- HSL Precise182.4°, 25.773%, 38.039%
- HSV182°, 41%, 48%
- HSB182°, 41%, 48%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.471
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.478
- GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.471, 0.478)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.471, 0.478, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.471, 0.478)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB47.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB47.8%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID48787A
- DECIMAL ID4749434
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
