#48829B#48829B

#48829B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.072 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48829B
RGB	rgb(72, 130, 155)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 16.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -11.66, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 22.47, 238.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0481 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.072 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5693, 19.7081, 33.9349)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48829B #9B6148

analogous

#489B8B #48829B #48599B

triadic

#48829B #9B4882 #829B48

tetradic

#48829B #8B489B #9B6148 #599B48

square

#48829B #8B489B #9B6148 #599B48

split-complementary

#48829B #9B4859 #9B8B48

monochromatic

#213C47 #355F71 #48829B #68A0B9 #91BACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#48829B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#48829B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48829B

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48829B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48829B	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75809C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48829b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 130, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.072 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a6b8',
    500: '#48829b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48829b;
$custom-light: #81a6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48829b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.072,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57718,
    "c": 0.07184,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48829B

secondary

#B89687

accent

#7D5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48829B

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

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