#48505A#48505A

#48505A is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.020 H 254.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48505A
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 90)
HSL	hsl(213, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(213, 20%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 11.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.68, -0.75, -6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.68, 6.97, 263.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% -0.0054 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.02 254)
XYZ	xyz(7.3861, 7.8531, 10.7975)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48505A #5A5248

analogous

#48595A #48505A #49485A

triadic

#48505A #5A4850 #505A48

tetradic

#48505A #5A4859 #5A5248 #485A49

square

#48505A #5A4859 #5A5248 #485A49

split-complementary

#48505A #5A4948 #595A48

monochromatic

#121416 #2D3238 #48505A #636E7C #828D9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#48505A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#48505A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48505A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48505A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48505A	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D505B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48505a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.020 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8188',
    500: '#48505a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48505a;
$custom-light: #7b8188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48505a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42789,
    "c": 0.01953,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.07853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48505A

secondary

#898075

accent

#9774B4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48505A

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

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