#48859C#48859C

#48859C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.072 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48859C
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, -13.03, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 22.50, 234.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0513 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.072 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0585, 20.5516, 34.5140)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48859C #9C5F48

analogous

#489C89 #48859C #485B9C

triadic

#48859C #9C4885 #859C48

tetradic

#48859C #89489C #9C5F48 #5B9C48

square

#48859C #89489C #9C5F48 #5B9C48

split-complementary

#48859C #9C485B #9C8948

monochromatic

#213E48 #356172 #48859C #68A3B9 #92BCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#48859C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#48859C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48859C

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48859C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48859C	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78829D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48859c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.072 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8b9',
    500: '#48859c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48859c;
$custom-light: #81a8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48859c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58487,
    "c": 0.07227,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48859C

secondary

#B89587

accent

#7A5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48859C

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

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