#48829C#48829C

#48829C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.073 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48829C
RGB	rgb(72, 130, 156)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -11.35, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 22.77, 240.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0477 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.073 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6536, 19.7419, 34.3790)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48829C #9C6248

analogous

#489C8C #48829C #48589C

triadic

#48829C #9C4882 #829C48

tetradic

#48829C #8C489C #9C6248 #589C48

square

#48829C #8C489C #9C6248 #589C48

split-complementary

#48829C #9C4858 #9C8C48

monochromatic

#213C48 #355F72 #48829C #68A0B9 #92BACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#48829C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#48829C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48829C

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48829C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48829C	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75809D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48829c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 130, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.073 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a6b9',
    500: '#48829c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48829c;
$custom-light: #81a6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48829c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57761,
    "c": 0.07269,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48829C

secondary

#B89787

accent

#7E5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48829C

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

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