#48859B#48859B

#48859B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.072 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48859B
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -13.33, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 22.25, 233.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0517 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.072 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9742, 20.5179, 34.0698)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48859B #9B5E48

analogous

#489B88 #48859B #485B9B

triadic

#48859B #9B4885 #859B48

tetradic

#48859B #88489B #9B5E48 #5B9B48

square

#48859B #88489B #9B5E48 #5B9B48

split-complementary

#48859B #9B485B #9B8848

monochromatic

#213D47 #356171 #48859B #68A3B9 #91BCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#48859B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#48859B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48859B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48859B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48859B	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79829C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48859b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.072 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8b8',
    500: '#48859b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48859b;
$custom-light: #81a8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48859b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.904,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58445,
    "c": 0.07153,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48859B

secondary

#B89487

accent

#795BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48859B

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

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