#48596B#48596B

#48596B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.036 H 250.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48596B
RGB	rgb(72, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(211, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(211, 33%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.08, -1.78, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.08, 12.55, 261.84°)
OKLab	oklab(45.68% -0.0123 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(45.68% 0.036 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8979, 9.5836, 15.2881)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48596B #6B5A48

analogous

#486A6B #48596B #48486B

triadic

#48596B #6B4859 #596B48

tetradic

#48596B #6B486A #6B5A48 #486B48

square

#48596B #6B486A #6B5A48 #486B48

split-complementary

#48596B #6B4848 #6A6B48

monochromatic

#171C22 #2F3B46 #48596B #617790 #8296AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#48596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#48596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48596B

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48596B	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52596C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E566B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.036 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8795',
    500: '#48596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48596b;
$custom-light: #7c8795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 19.553,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45681,
    "c": 0.03629,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48596B

secondary

#988877

accent

#956CBC

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF1

border

#C9CACB

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48596B

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

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