#48525A#48525A

#48525A is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.018 H 242.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48525A
RGB	rgb(72, 82, 90)
HSL	hsl(207, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(207, 20%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 8.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.29, -1.99, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.29, 6.32, 251.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% -0.0086 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.018 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5348, 8.1503, 10.8471)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48525A #5A5048

analogous

#485A59 #48525A #48495A

triadic

#48525A #5A4852 #525A48

tetradic

#48525A #59485A #5A5048 #495A48

square

#48525A #59485A #5A5048 #495A48

split-complementary

#48525A #5A4849 #5A5948

monochromatic

#121416 #2D3338 #48525A #63717C #82909B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#48525A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#48525A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48525A

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48525A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48525A	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F525A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48525a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 82, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.018 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8288',
    500: '#48525a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48525a;
$custom-light: #7b8288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48525a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43276,
    "c": 0.01839,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48525A

secondary

#897E75

accent

#9074B4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EDEEEF

border

#C8C9CA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48525A

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

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