#48839B#48839B

#48839B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.072 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48839B
RGB	rgb(72, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, -12.22, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 22.38, 236.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0493 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.072 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7030, 19.9754, 33.9794)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48839B #9B6048

analogous

#489B8A #48839B #485A9B

triadic

#48839B #9B4883 #839B48

tetradic

#48839B #8A489B #9B6048 #5A9B48

square

#48839B #8A489B #9B6048 #5A9B48

split-complementary

#48839B #9B485A #9B8A48

monochromatic

#213C47 #356071 #48839B #68A1B9 #91BBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#48839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#48839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48839B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48839B	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.072 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a7b8',
    500: '#48839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48839b;
$custom-light: #81a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.349,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5796,
    "c": 0.0717,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48839B

secondary

#B89587

accent

#7C5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48839B

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

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