#48505C#48505C

#48505C is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.022 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48505C
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 92)
HSL	hsl(216, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(216, 22%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 13%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, -0.23, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 8.09, 268.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% -0.0045 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.022 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4724, 7.8876, 11.2519)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48505C #5C5448

analogous

#485A5C #48505C #4A485C

triadic

#48505C #5C4850 #505C48

tetradic

#48505C #5C485A #5C5448 #485C4A

square

#48505C #5C485A #5C5448 #485C4A

split-complementary

#48505C #5C4A48 #5A5C48

monochromatic

#121417 #2D323A #48505C #636E7E #828C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#48505C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#48505C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48505C

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48505C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48505C	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C505D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48505c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.022 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b818a',
    500: '#48505c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48505c;
$custom-light: #7b818a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48505c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4287,
    "c": 0.02243,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48505C

secondary

#8B8275

accent

#9B73B5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEF0

border

#C8C9CB

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48505C

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

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