#48809E#48809E

#48809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.075 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48809E
RGB	rgb(72, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, -9.60, -21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 23.73, 246.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0446 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.075 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5609, 19.2833, 35.1904)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48809E #9E6648

analogous

#489E91 #48809E #48559E

triadic

#48809E #9E4880 #809E48

tetradic

#48809E #91489E #9E6648 #559E48

square

#48809E #91489E #9E6648 #559E48

split-complementary

#48809E #9E4855 #9E9148

monochromatic

#223C4A #355E74 #48809E #699EBB #93B9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#48809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#48809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48809E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48809E	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.075 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a4ba',
    500: '#48809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48809e;
$custom-light: #81a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57368,
    "c": 0.0751,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48809E

secondary

#BA9988

accent

#835ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48809E

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

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