#48819B#48819B

#48819B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.072 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48819B
RGB	rgb(72, 129, 155)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, -11.10, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 22.59, 240.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.0469 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.072 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4369, 19.4434, 33.8908)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48819B #9B6248

analogous

#489B8C #48819B #48589B

triadic

#48819B #9B4881 #819B48

tetradic

#48819B #8C489B #9B6248 #589B48

square

#48819B #8C489B #9B6248 #589B48

split-complementary

#48819B #9B4858 #9B8C48

monochromatic

#213B47 #355E71 #48819B #689FB9 #91BACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#48819B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#48819B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48819B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48819B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48819B	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68769B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#128889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48819b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 129, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.072 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a5b8',
    500: '#48819b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48819b;
$custom-light: #81a5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48819b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.795,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57476,
    "c": 0.07204,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48819B

secondary

#B89687

accent

#7F5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48819B

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

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