#48809F#48809F

#48809F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.076 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48809F
RGB	rgb(72, 128, 159)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, -9.29, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 24.09, 247.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.0442 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.076 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6473, 19.3178, 35.6456)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48809F #9F6748

analogous

#489F92 #48809F #48559F

triadic

#48809F #9F4880 #809F48

tetradic

#48809F #92489F #9F6748 #559F48

square

#48809F #92489F #9F6748 #559F48

split-complementary

#48809F #9F4855 #9F9248

monochromatic

#223C4B #355E75 #48809F #699EBB #93B9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#48809F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#48809F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48809F

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#717FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65769F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48809f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 128, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.076 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a4bb',
    500: '#48809f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48809f;
$custom-light: #81a4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48809f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.379,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57413,
    "c": 0.07607,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48809F

secondary

#BA9A89

accent

#835ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48809F

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

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