#48596A#48596A

#48596A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.035 H 248.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48596A
RGB	rgb(72, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(210, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(210, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, -2.06, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 12.04, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(45.64% -0.0127 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(45.64% 0.035 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8456, 9.5627, 15.0126)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48596A #6A5948

analogous

#486A6A #48596A #48486A

triadic

#48596A #6A4859 #596A48

tetradic

#48596A #6A486A #6A5948 #486A48

square

#48596A #6A486A #6A5948 #486A48

split-complementary

#48596A #6A4848 #6A6A48

monochromatic

#161C21 #2F3A46 #48596A #61788E #8296AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#48596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#48596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48596A

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48596A	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53596B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E566A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.035 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8794',
    500: '#48596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48596a;
$custom-light: #7c8794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 19.101,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45638,
    "c": 0.03495,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48596A

secondary

#978777

accent

#946CBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF1

border

#C9CACB

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48596A

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

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