#48829D#48829D

#48829D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.074 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48829D
RGB	rgb(72, 130, 157)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, -11.04, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 23.07, 241.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0474 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.074 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7386, 19.7759, 34.8268)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48829D #9D6348

analogous

#489D8E #48829D #48579D

triadic

#48829D #9D4882 #829D48

tetradic

#48829D #8E489D #9D6348 #579D48

square

#48829D #8E489D #9D6348 #579D48

split-complementary

#48829D #9D4857 #9D8E48

monochromatic

#223D49 #355F73 #48829D #68A0BA #92BACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#48829D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#48829D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48829D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48829D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48829D	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74809E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68779D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48829d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 130, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.074 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a6ba',
    500: '#48829d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48829d;
$custom-light: #81a6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48829d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.059,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57805,
    "c": 0.07357,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48829D

secondary

#B99788

accent

#7F5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48829D

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

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