#48809B#48809B

#48809B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.072 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48809B
RGB	rgb(72, 128, 155)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, -10.53, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 22.73, 242.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0457 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.072 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3059, 19.1812, 33.8471)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48809B #9B6348

analogous

#489B8D #48809B #48579B

triadic

#48809B #9B4880 #809B48

tetradic

#48809B #8D489B #9B6348 #579B48

square

#48809B #8D489B #9B6348 #579B48

split-complementary

#48809B #9B4857 #9B8D48

monochromatic

#213B47 #355D71 #48809B #689EB9 #91B9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#48809B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#48809B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48809B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48809B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48809B	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67759B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#128789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48809b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 128, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.072 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a4b8',
    500: '#48809b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48809b;
$custom-light: #81a4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48809b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.518,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57235,
    "c": 0.07228,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48809B

secondary

#B89787

accent

#805BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48809B

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

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