#48699C#48699C

#48699C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.090 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48699C
RGB	rgb(72, 105, 156)
HSL	hsl(216, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 32.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 3.42, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 31.52, 276.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% -0.0174 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.09 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7228, 13.8801, 33.4020)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48699C #9C7B48

analogous

#48939C #48699C #51489C

triadic

#48699C #9C4869 #699C48

tetradic

#48699C #9C4893 #9C7B48 #489C51

square

#48699C #9C4893 #9C7B48 #489C51

split-complementary

#48699C #9C5148 #939C48

monochromatic

#213148 #354D72 #48699C #6888B9 #92A9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#48699C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#48699C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48699C

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48699C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48699C	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B659B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48699c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 105, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.090 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8193b9',
    500: '#48699c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48699c;
$custom-light: #8193b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48699c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5186,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48699C

secondary

#B8A587

accent

#A05BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48699C

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

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