#48809C#48809C

#48809C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.073 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48809C
RGB	rgb(72, 128, 156)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, -10.22, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 23.05, 243.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.0453 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.073 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3902, 19.2150, 34.2912)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48809C #9C6448

analogous

#489C8E #48809C #48569C

triadic

#48809C #9C4880 #809C48

tetradic

#48809C #8E489C #9C6448 #569C48

square

#48809C #8E489C #9C6448 #569C48

split-complementary

#48809C #9C4856 #9C8E48

monochromatic

#213B48 #355E72 #48809C #689EB9 #92B9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#48809C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#48809C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48809C

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48809C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48809C	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)

#727E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66759C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48809c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 128, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.073 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a4b9',
    500: '#48809c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48809c;
$custom-light: #81a4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48809c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57279,
    "c": 0.07319,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48809C

secondary

#B89887

accent

#815BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48809C

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

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