#48485A#48485A

#48485A is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.030 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48485A
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 90)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 20%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 20%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 4.34, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 11.46, 292.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0078 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.03 285)
XYZ	xyz(6.8349, 6.7505, 10.6138)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48485A #5A5A48

analogous

#48515A #48485A #51485A

triadic

#48485A #5A4848 #485A48

tetradic

#48485A #5A4851 #5A5A48 #485A51

square

#48485A #5A4851 #5A5A48 #485A51

split-complementary

#48485A #5A5148 #515A48

monochromatic

#121216 #2D2D38 #48485A #63637C #82829B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#48485A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#48485A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48485A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48485A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48485A	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43495A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48485a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.030 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7a88',
    500: '#48485a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48485a;
$custom-light: #7b7a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48485a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40878,
    "c": 0.02995,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48485A

secondary

#898975

accent

#B474B4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEDEF

border

#C8C8CA

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48485A

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

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