#48849B#48849B

#48849B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.072 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48849B
RGB	rgb(72, 132, 155)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, -12.78, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 22.30, 235.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.0505 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.072 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8379, 20.2454, 34.0244)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48849B #9B5F48

analogous

#489B89 #48849B #485A9B

triadic

#48849B #9B4884 #849B48

tetradic

#48849B #89489B #9B5F48 #5A9B48

square

#48849B #89489B #9B5F48 #5A9B48

split-complementary

#48849B #9B485A #9B8948

monochromatic

#213D47 #356071 #48849B #68A2B9 #91BCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#48849B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#48849B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48849B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48849B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48849B	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77819C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48849b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 132, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.072 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a7b8',
    500: '#48849b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48849b;
$custom-light: #81a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48849b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.627,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58202,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48849B

secondary

#B89487

accent

#7B5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48849B

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

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