#48445E#48445E

#48445E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.044 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48445E
RGB	rgb(72, 68, 94)
HSL	hsl(249, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(249, 28%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.21, 7.99, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.21, 16.77, 298.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0159 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.044 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7595, 6.3200, 11.4513)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48445E #5A5E44

analogous

#444D5E #48445E #55445E

triadic

#48445E #5E4844 #445E48

tetradic

#48445E #5E444D #5A5E44 #445E55

square

#48445E #5E444D #5A5E44 #445E55

split-complementary

#48445E #5E5544 #4D5E44

monochromatic

#121117 #2D2A3A #48445E #635E82 #827CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#48445E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#48445E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48445E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48445E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48445E	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E485F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E475D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43484D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48445e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 68, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.044 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b778b',
    500: '#48445e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48445e;
$custom-light: #7b778b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48445e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40137,
    "c": 0.04352,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48445E

secondary

#898D71

accent

#B96FAD

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09080C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48445E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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