#48656D#48656D

#48656D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.036 H 216.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48656D
RGB	rgb(72, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(193, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(193, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, -8.45, -7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 11.59, 223.18°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% -0.0291 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.036 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0856, 11.7887, 16.2090)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48656D #6D5048

analogous

#486D62 #48656D #48526D

triadic

#48656D #6D4865 #656D48

tetradic

#48656D #62486D #6D5048 #526D48

square

#48656D #62486D #6D5048 #526D48

split-complementary

#48656D #6D4852 #6D6248

monochromatic

#172123 #304348 #48656D #608792 #83A4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#48656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#48656D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48656D

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48656D	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F636D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B6867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.036 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c9196',
    500: '#48656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48656d;
$custom-light: #7c9196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48705,
    "c": 0.0363,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48656D

secondary

#997F77

accent

#7D6BBD

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#090C0D

muted

#7B7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #48656D

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

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