#48517A#48517A

#48517A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.068 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48517A
RGBrgb(72, 81, 122)
HSLhsl(229, 26%, 38%)
HSVhsv(229, 41%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(41%, 33.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LABlab(35.34, 7.69, -24.42)
CIE-LCHlch(35.34, 25.60, 287.47°)
OKLaboklab(44.53% 0.0046 -0.0683)
OKLCHoklch(44.53% 0.068 273.9)
XYZxyz(9.1267, 8.6673, 19.6006)
Luminance0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48517A #7A7148
analogous
#486A7A #48517A #58487A
triadic
#48517A #7A4851 #517A48
tetradic
#48517A #7A486A #7A7148 #487A58
square
#48517A #7A486A #7A7148 #487A58
split-complementary
#48517A #7A5848 #6A7A48
monochromatic
#1B1E2D #313754 #48517A #5F6BA0 #858EB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68
#48517A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73
#48517A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48517A
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48517A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##48517A1.007.682.737.68
#FFFFFF7.681.0021.001.00
#0000002.7321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.681.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#43557C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3F5179
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#395960
Achromatopsia (no color)
#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48517a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 81, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.068 273.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d81a0',
    500: '#48517a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48517a;
$custom-light: #7d81a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48517a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.2,
    "s": 25.773,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44533,
    "c": 0.06843,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48517A
secondary
#A39C7B
accent
#B266C2
background
#F7F7F9
surface
#EEEEF2
border
#C9C9CC
text
#0A0A0E
muted
#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48517A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#48517A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva