#48728C#48728C

#48728C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.062 H 236.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48728C
RGB	rgb(72, 114, 140)
HSL	hsl(203, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, -7.08, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 20.04, 249.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% -0.0341 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.062 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4217, 15.3048, 27.0527)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48728C #8C6248

analogous

#488C84 #48728C #48508C

triadic

#48728C #8C4872 #728C48

tetradic

#48728C #84488C #8C6248 #508C48

square

#48728C #84488C #8C6248 #508C48

split-complementary

#48728C #8C4850 #8C8448

monochromatic

#1E303B #335164 #48728C #6392AF #8BAEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#48728C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#48728C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48728C

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48728C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48728C	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66718D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48728c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 114, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.062 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9aad',
    500: '#48728c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48728c;
$custom-light: #7f9aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48728c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5319,
    "c": 0.06221,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48728C

secondary

#AF9281

accent

#8860C8

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48728C

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

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