#48699B#48699B

#48699B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.089 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48699B
RGB	rgb(72, 105, 155)
HSL	hsl(216, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 32.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 3.09, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 30.97, 275.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% -0.0177 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.089 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6384, 13.8464, 32.9579)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48699B #9B7A48

analogous

#48939B #48699B #51489B

triadic

#48699B #9B4869 #699B48

tetradic

#48699B #9B4893 #9B7A48 #489B51

square

#48699B #9B4893 #9B7A48 #489B51

split-complementary

#48699B #9B5148 #939B48

monochromatic

#213047 #354D71 #48699B #6888B9 #91A9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#48699B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#48699B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48699B

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48699B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48699B	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B649A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48699b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 105, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.089 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8193b8',
    500: '#48699b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48699b;
$custom-light: #8193b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48699b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.145,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51806,
    "c": 0.08851,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48699B

secondary

#B8A487

accent

#A05BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48699B

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

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