#48596D#48596D

#48596D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.039 H 252.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48596D
RGB	rgb(72, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(212, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(212, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, -1.22, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 13.60, 264.87°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% -0.0116 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.039 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0044, 9.6262, 15.8486)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48596D #6D5C48

analogous

#486B6D #48596D #49486D

triadic

#48596D #6D4859 #596D48

tetradic

#48596D #6D486B #6D5C48 #486D49

square

#48596D #6D486B #6D5C48 #486D49

split-complementary

#48596D #6D4948 #6B6D48

monochromatic

#171D23 #303B48 #48596D #607792 #8396AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#48596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#48596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48596D

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48596D	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D566D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.039 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8796',
    500: '#48596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48596d;
$custom-light: #7c8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45769,
    "c": 0.03901,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48596D

secondary

#998A77

accent

#976BBD

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48596D

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

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