#48596F#48596F

#48596F is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.042 H 255.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48596F
RGB	rgb(72, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(214, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(214, 35%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, -0.65, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 14.68, 267.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% -0.0108 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.042 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1132, 9.6698, 16.4221)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48596F #6F5E48

analogous

#486C6F #48596F #4A486F

triadic

#48596F #6F4859 #596F48

tetradic

#48596F #6F486C #6F5E48 #486F4A

square

#48596F #6F486C #6F5E48 #486F4A

split-complementary

#48596F #6F4A48 #6C6F48

monochromatic

#181D25 #303B4A #48596F #607794 #8396AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#48596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#48596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48596F

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48596F	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D566F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.042 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8798',
    500: '#48596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48596f;
$custom-light: #7c8798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.846,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45858,
    "c": 0.04183,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48596F

secondary

#9B8C78

accent

#996ABE

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#090B0D

muted

#7B7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48596F

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

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