#48849A#48849A

#48849A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.071 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48849A
RGB	rgb(72, 132, 154)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -13.08, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 22.06, 233.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0509 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.071 224)
XYZ	xyz(16.7543, 20.2119, 33.5840)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48849A #9A5E48

analogous

#489A87 #48849A #485B9A

triadic

#48849A #9A4884 #849A48

tetradic

#48849A #87489A #9A5E48 #5B9A48

square

#48849A #87489A #9A5E48 #5B9A48

split-complementary

#48849A #9A485B #9A8748

monochromatic

#213D47 #356070 #48849A #67A2B8 #91BCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#48849A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#48849A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48849A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48849A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48849A	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78819B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C789A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#128B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48849a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 132, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.071 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a7b7',
    500: '#48849a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48849a;
$custom-light: #81a7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48849a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5816,
    "c": 0.07084,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.20213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48849A

secondary

#B79486

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48849A

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

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