#48738D#48738D

#48738D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.063 H 236.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48738D
RGB	rgb(72, 115, 141)
HSL	hsl(203, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, -7.36, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 20.20, 248.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% -0.035 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.063 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6092, 15.5613, 27.4806)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48738D #8D6248

analogous

#488D85 #48738D #48518D

triadic

#48738D #8D4873 #738D48

tetradic

#48738D #85488D #8D6248 #518D48

square

#48738D #85488D #8D6248 #518D48

split-complementary

#48738D #8D4851 #8D8548

monochromatic

#1F313C #335264 #48738D #6393AF #8BAFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#48738D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#48738D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48738D

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48738D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48738D	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67728E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#277A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48738d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 115, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.063 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9bae',
    500: '#48738d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48738d;
$custom-light: #7f9bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48738d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.609,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53477,
    "c": 0.06285,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48738D

secondary

#B09381

accent

#875FC9

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48738D

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

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