#48545E#48545E

#48545E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.022 H 243.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48545E
RGB	rgb(72, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(207, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(207, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.06, -2.21, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.06, 7.70, 253.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% -0.01 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.022 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8626, 8.5263, 11.8190)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48545E #5E5248

analogous

#485E5D #48545E #48495E

triadic

#48545E #5E4854 #545E48

tetradic

#48545E #5D485E #5E5248 #495E48

square

#48545E #5D485E #5E5248 #495E48

split-complementary

#48545E #5E4849 #5E5D48

monochromatic

#131619 #2D353B #48545E #637381 #82929F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#48545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#48545E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48545E

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48545E	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50545F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#425657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.022 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b848b',
    500: '#48545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48545e;
$custom-light: #7b848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43923,
    "c": 0.02242,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48545E

secondary

#8D8075

accent

#9172B6

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#090A0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48545E

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

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