#48505E#48505E

#48505E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.025 H 261.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48505E
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(218, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(218, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, 0.29, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 9.24, 271.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% -0.0037 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.025 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5610, 7.9230, 11.7184)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48505E #5E5648

analogous

#485B5E #48505E #4B485E

triadic

#48505E #5E4850 #505E48

tetradic

#48505E #5E485B #5E5648 #485E4B

square

#48505E #5E485B #5E5648 #485E4B

split-complementary

#48505E #5E4B48 #5B5E48

monochromatic

#131519 #2D333B #48505E #636D81 #828C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#48505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#48505E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48505E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48505E	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C515F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#425355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.025 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b818b',
    500: '#48505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48505e;
$custom-light: #7b818b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42953,
    "c": 0.02543,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48505E

secondary

#8D8475

accent

#9D72B6

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#090A0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48505E

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

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