#48485E#48485E

#48485E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.037 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48485E
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 94)
HSL	hsl(240, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(240, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 5.39, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 14.00, 292.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0093 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.037 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0097, 6.8205, 11.5347)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48485E #5E5E48

analogous

#48535E #48485E #53485E

triadic

#48485E #5E4848 #485E48

tetradic

#48485E #5E4853 #5E5E48 #485E53

square

#48485E #5E4853 #5E5E48 #485E53

split-complementary

#48485E #5E5348 #535E48

monochromatic

#131319 #2D2D3B #48485E #636381 #82829F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#48485E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#48485E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48485E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48485E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48485E	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42495D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48485e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.037 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7a8b',
    500: '#48485e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48485e;
$custom-light: #7b7a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48485e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41058,
    "c": 0.0366,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48485E

secondary

#8D8D75

accent

#B672B6

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#09090C

muted

#7B7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48485E

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

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