#48545A#48545A

#48545A is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.018 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48545A
RGB	rgb(72, 84, 90)
HSL	hsl(200, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(200, 20%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 6.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.92, -3.23, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.92, 6.01, 237.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% -0.0118 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.018 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6878, 8.4563, 10.8981)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48545A #5A4E48

analogous

#485A57 #48545A #484B5A

triadic

#48545A #5A4854 #545A48

tetradic

#48545A #57485A #5A4E48 #4B5A48

square

#48545A #57485A #5A4E48 #4B5A48

split-complementary

#48545A #5A484B #5A5748

monochromatic

#121516 #2D3438 #48545A #63747C #82929B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#48545A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#48545A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48545A

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48545A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48545A	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51535A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E515A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48545a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 84, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.018 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8488',
    500: '#48545a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48545a;
$custom-light: #7b8488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48545a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43767,
    "c": 0.01811,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48545A

secondary

#897C75

accent

#8974B4

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EDEFEF

border

#C8CACA

text

#090A0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48545A

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

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