#48575B#48575B

#48575B is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.020 H 215.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48575B
RGB	rgb(72, 87, 91)
HSL	hsl(193, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(193, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, -4.81, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 6.43, 221.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% -0.0161 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.02 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9685, 8.9492, 11.2030)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48575B #5B4C48

analogous

#485B56 #48575B #484E5B

triadic

#48575B #5B4857 #575B48

tetradic

#48575B #56485B #5B4C48 #4E5B48

square

#48575B #56485B #5B4C48 #4E5B48

split-complementary

#48575B #5B484E #5B5648

monochromatic

#121617 #2D3639 #48575B #63787D #82969C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#48575B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#48575B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48575B

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48575B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48575B	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54565B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51535B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48575b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 87, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.020 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8689',
    500: '#48575b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48575b;
$custom-light: #7b8689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48575b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 11.656,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44544,
    "c": 0.0198,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48575B

secondary

#8A7975

accent

#8173B5

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#090B0B

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #48575B

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

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