#48849E#48849E

#48849E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.074 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48849E
RGB	rgb(72, 132, 158)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -11.86, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 23.12, 239.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0493 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.074 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0930, 20.3474, 35.3678)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48849E #9E6248

analogous

#489E8D #48849E #48599E

triadic

#48849E #9E4884 #849E48

tetradic

#48849E #8D489E #9E6248 #599E48

square

#48849E #8D489E #9E6248 #599E48

split-complementary

#48849E #9E4859 #9E8D48

monochromatic

#223E4A #356174 #48849E #69A2BB #93BCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#48849E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#48849E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48849E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48849E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48849E	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76829F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#088B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48849e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 132, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.074 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a7ba',
    500: '#48849e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48849e;
$custom-light: #82a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48849e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58331,
    "c": 0.07401,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48849E

secondary

#BA9788

accent

#7D5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48849E

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

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