#48849D#48849D

#48849D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.073 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48849D
RGB	rgb(72, 132, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, -12.17, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 22.84, 237.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% -0.0497 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.073 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0073, 20.3131, 34.9163)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48849D #9D6148

analogous

#489D8C #48849D #485A9D

triadic

#48849D #9D4884 #849D48

tetradic

#48849D #8C489D #9D6148 #5A9D48

square

#48849D #8C489D #9D6148 #5A9D48

split-complementary

#48849D #9D485A #9D8C48

monochromatic

#223D49 #356173 #48849D #68A2BA #92BCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#48849D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#48849D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48849D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48849D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48849D	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77829E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48849d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 132, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.073 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a7ba',
    500: '#48849d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48849d;
$custom-light: #81a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48849d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58288,
    "c": 0.07317,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48849D

secondary

#B99688

accent

#7C5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48849D

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

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