#48465E#48465E

#48465E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.040 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48465E
RGB	rgb(72, 70, 94)
HSL	hsl(245, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(245, 26%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, 6.69, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 15.36, 295.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0126 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.04 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8825, 6.5661, 11.4923)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48465E #5C5E46

analogous

#46505E #48465E #54465E

triadic

#48465E #5E4846 #465E48

tetradic

#48465E #5E4650 #5C5E46 #465E54

square

#48465E #5E4650 #5C5E46 #465E54

split-complementary

#48465E #5E5446 #505E46

monochromatic

#121218 #2D2C3B #48465E #636081 #827FA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#48465E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#48465E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48465E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48465E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48465E	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40495F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40485D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48465e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 70, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.040 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b798b',
    500: '#48465e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48465e;
$custom-light: #7b798b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48465e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 14.634,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40595,
    "c": 0.03999,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48465E

secondary

#8B8D73

accent

#B770B2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09090C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48465E

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

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