#48838F#48838F

#48838F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.064 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48838F
RGB	rgb(72, 131, 143)
HSL	hsl(190, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, -15.80, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 20.10, 218.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% -0.0542 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.064 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7448, 19.5922, 28.9332)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48838F #8F5448

analogous

#488F78 #48838F #48608F

triadic

#48838F #8F4883 #838F48

tetradic

#48838F #78488F #8F5448 #608F48

square

#48838F #78488F #8F5448 #608F48

split-complementary

#48838F #8F4860 #8F7848

monochromatic

#1F383E #345E66 #48838F #63A4B1 #8CBCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#48838F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#48838F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48838F

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48838F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48838F	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E778F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#218887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48838f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 131, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.064 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a7af',
    500: '#48838f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48838f;
$custom-light: #80a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48838f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.141,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57467,
    "c": 0.06415,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48838F

secondary

#B18A82

accent

#715FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48838F

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

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