#48699E#48699E

#48699E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.093 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48699E
RGB	rgb(72, 105, 158)
HSL	hsl(217, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(217, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 33.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 4.08, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 32.62, 277.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% -0.0168 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.093 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8935, 13.9484, 34.3013)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48699E #9E7D48

analogous

#48949E #48699E #52489E

triadic

#48699E #9E4869 #699E48

tetradic

#48699E #9E4894 #9E7D48 #489E52

square

#48699E #9E4894 #9E7D48 #489E52

split-complementary

#48699E #9E5248 #949E48

monochromatic

#22314A #354D74 #48699E #6988BB #93A9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#48699E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#48699E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48699E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48699E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48699E	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49659D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18757C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48699e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 105, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.093 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8193bb',
    500: '#48699e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48699e;
$custom-light: #8193bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48699e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.977,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51969,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48699E

secondary

#BAA788

accent

#A15ACD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48699E

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

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