#48486F#48486F

#48486F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.064 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48486F
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 111)
HSL	hsl(240, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(240, 35%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 35.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 10.20, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 24.70, 294.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.0148 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.064 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8583, 7.1599, 16.0038)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48486F #6F6F48

analogous

#485B6F #48486F #5B486F

triadic

#48486F #6F4848 #486F48

tetradic

#48486F #6F485B #6F6F48 #486F5B

square

#48486F #6F485B #6F6F48 #486F5B

split-complementary

#48486F #6F5B48 #5B6F48

monochromatic

#181825 #30304A #48486F #606094 #8383AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#48486F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#48486F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48486F

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48486F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48486F	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B4A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48486f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.064 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7a98',
    500: '#48486f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48486f;
$custom-light: #7c7a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48486f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41911,
    "c": 0.06447,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48486F

secondary

#9B9B78

accent

#BE6ABE

background

#F7F7F9

surface

#EEEDF2

border

#C9C8CC

text

#09090D

muted

#7B7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48486F

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

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