#48596E#48596E

#48596E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.040 H 253.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48596E
RGB	rgb(72, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(213, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(213, 35%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.20, -0.93, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.20, 14.13, 266.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% -0.0112 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.04 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0585, 9.6479, 16.1338)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48596E #6E5D48

analogous

#486C6E #48596E #4A486E

triadic

#48596E #6E4859 #596E48

tetradic

#48596E #6E486C #6E5D48 #486E4A

square

#48596E #6E486C #6E5D48 #486E4A

split-complementary

#48596E #6E4A48 #6C6E48

monochromatic

#181D24 #303B49 #48596E #607793 #8396AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#48596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#48596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48596E

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48596E	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D566E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.040 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8797',
    500: '#48596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48596e;
$custom-light: #7c8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.158,
    "s": 20.879,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45813,
    "c": 0.04041,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48596E

secondary

#9A8B78

accent

#986ABD

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48596E

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

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