#48495C#48495C

#48495C is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.032 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48495C
RGB	rgb(72, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(237, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(237, 22%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 4.22, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 12.07, 290.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0069 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.032 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9863, 6.9154, 11.0899)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48495C #5C5B48

analogous

#48535C #48495C #51485C

triadic

#48495C #5C4849 #495C48

tetradic

#48495C #5C4853 #5C5B48 #485C51

square

#48495C #5C4853 #5C5B48 #485C51

split-complementary

#48495C #5C5148 #535C48

monochromatic

#121317 #2D2E3A #48495C #63647E #82839D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#48495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#48495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48495C

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48495C	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.032 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7b8a',
    500: '#48495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48495c;
$custom-light: #7b7b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41201,
    "c": 0.03164,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48495C

secondary

#8B8A75

accent

#B273B5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEDF0

border

#C8C8CB

text

#09090B

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48495C

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

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