#48455E#48455E

#48455E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.042 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48455E
RGB	rgb(72, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(247, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(247, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 7.34, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 16.06, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0142 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.042 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8205, 6.4420, 11.4716)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48455E #5B5E45

analogous

#454F5E #48455E #55455E

triadic

#48455E #5E4845 #455E48

tetradic

#48455E #5E454F #5B5E45 #455E55

square

#48455E #5E454F #5B5E45 #455E55

split-complementary

#48455E #5E5545 #4F5E45

monochromatic

#121117 #2D2B3B #48455E #635F81 #827DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#48455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#48455E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48455E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48455E	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F485F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F475D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43494E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.042 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b788b',
    500: '#48455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48455e;
$custom-light: #7b788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.2,
    "s": 15.337,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40365,
    "c": 0.04174,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48455E

secondary

#8A8D72

accent

#B870AF

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09090C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48455E

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

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