#48486A#48486A

#48486A is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.056 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48486A
RGBrgb(72, 72, 106)
HSLhsl(240, 19%, 35%)
HSVhsv(240, 32%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(32.1%, 32.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LABlab(31.93, 8.74, -19.72)
CIE-LCHlch(31.93, 21.57, 293.90°)
OKLaboklab(41.65% 0.0133 -0.0547)
OKLCHoklch(41.65% 0.056 283.7)
XYZxyz(7.5907, 7.0529, 14.5943)
Luminance0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48486A #6A6A48
analogous
#48596A #48486A #59486A
triadic
#48486A #6A4848 #486A48
tetradic
#48486A #6A4859 #6A6A48 #486A59
square
#48486A #6A4859 #6A6A48 #486A59
split-complementary
#48486A #6A5948 #596A48
monochromatic
#161621 #2F2F46 #48486A #61618E #8282AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71
#48486A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41
#48486A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48486A
8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48486A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##48486A1.008.712.418.71
#FFFFFF8.711.0021.001.00
#0000002.4121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.711.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3E4C6B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3D4A69
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#404E54
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48486a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.056 283.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7a94',
    500: '#48486a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48486a;
$custom-light: #7c7a94;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48486a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 19.101,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41646,
    "c": 0.05635,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48486A
secondary
#979777
accent
#BC6CBC
background
#F7F7F9
surface
#EEEDF1
border
#C9C8CB
text
#09090D
muted
#7B7B7E

Preview Lab

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#48486A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva