#48485C#48485C

#48485C is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.033 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48485C
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 92)
HSL	hsl(240, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(240, 22%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 4.86, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 12.73, 292.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0085 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.033 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9212, 6.7850, 11.0681)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48485C #5C5C48

analogous

#48525C #48485C #52485C

triadic

#48485C #5C4848 #485C48

tetradic

#48485C #5C4852 #5C5C48 #485C52

square

#48485C #5C4852 #5C5C48 #485C52

split-complementary

#48485C #5C5248 #525C48

monochromatic

#121217 #2D2D3A #48485C #63637E #82829D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#48485C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#48485C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48485C

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48485C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48485C	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42495B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48485c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.033 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7a8a',
    500: '#48485c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48485c;
$custom-light: #7b7a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48485c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40967,
    "c": 0.03328,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48485C

secondary

#8B8B75

accent

#B573B5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48485C

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

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