#48585E#48585E

#48585E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.022 H 222.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48585E
RGB	rgb(72, 88, 94)
HSL	hsl(196, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.30, -4.66, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.30, 7.22, 229.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.91% -0.0163 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(44.91% 0.022 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1820, 9.1650, 11.9254)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48585E #5E4E48

analogous

#485E59 #48585E #484D5E

triadic

#48585E #5E4858 #585E48

tetradic

#48585E #59485E #5E4E48 #4D5E48

square

#48585E #59485E #5E4E48 #4D5E48

split-complementary

#48585E #5E484D #5E5948

monochromatic

#131719 #2D383B #48585E #637881 #82979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#48585E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#48585E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48585E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48585E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48585E	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54575E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51545E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#425A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48585e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 88, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.022 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b878b',
    500: '#48585e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48585e;
$custom-light: #7b878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48585e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44905,
    "c": 0.02215,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48585E

secondary

#8D7C75

accent

#8472B6

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#090B0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #48585E

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

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