#48839A#48839A

#48839A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.071 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48839A
RGB	rgb(72, 131, 154)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -12.52, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 22.11, 235.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0497 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.071 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6193, 19.9420, 33.5390)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48839A #9A5F48

analogous

#489A88 #48839A #485A9A

triadic

#48839A #9A4883 #839A48

tetradic

#48839A #88489A #9A5F48 #5A9A48

square

#48839A #88489A #9A5F48 #5A9A48

split-complementary

#48839A #9A485A #9A8848

monochromatic

#213C47 #356070 #48839A #67A1B8 #91BBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#48839A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#48839A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48839A

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48839A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48839A	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A779A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#128A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48839a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 131, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.071 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a7b7',
    500: '#48839a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48839a;
$custom-light: #81a7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48839a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.829,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57917,
    "c": 0.0709,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48839A

secondary

#B79486

accent

#7B5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48839A

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

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