#48699D#48699D

#48699D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.091 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48699D
RGB	rgb(72, 105, 157)
HSL	hsl(217, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(217, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 33.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 3.75, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 32.07, 276.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% -0.0171 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.091 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8078, 13.9141, 33.8498)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48699D #9D7C48

analogous

#48949D #48699D #52489D

triadic

#48699D #9D4869 #699D48

tetradic

#48699D #9D4894 #9D7C48 #489D52

square

#48699D #9D4894 #9D7C48 #489D52

split-complementary

#48699D #9D5248 #949D48

monochromatic

#223149 #354D73 #48699D #6888BA #92A9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#48699D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#48699D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48699D

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48699D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48699D	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A659C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A747C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48699d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 105, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.091 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8193ba',
    500: '#48699d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48699d;
$custom-light: #8193ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48699d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.706,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51915,
    "c": 0.09134,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48699D

secondary

#B9A688

accent

#A15BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48699D

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

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