#48839C#48839C

#48839C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.073 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48839C
RGB	rgb(72, 131, 156)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 16%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, -11.91, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 22.65, 238.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.0489 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.073 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7873, 20.0092, 34.4235)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48839C #9C6148

analogous

#489C8B #48839C #48599C

triadic

#48839C #9C4883 #839C48

tetradic

#48839C #8B489C #9C6148 #599C48

square

#48839C #8B489C #9C6148 #599C48

split-complementary

#48839C #9C4859 #9C8B48

monochromatic

#213D48 #356072 #48839C #68A1B9 #92BBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#48839C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#48839C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48839C

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48839C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48839C	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)

#76819D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48839c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 131, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.073 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a7b9',
    500: '#48839c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48839c;
$custom-light: #81a7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48839c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.857,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58003,
    "c": 0.07252,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48839C

secondary

#B89687

accent

#7D5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48839C

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

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