#48859D#48859D

#48859D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.073 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48859D
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -12.72, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 22.75, 236.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0509 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.073 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1435, 20.5856, 34.9617)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48859D #9D6048

analogous

#489D8A #48859D #485B9D

triadic

#48859D #9D4885 #859D48

tetradic

#48859D #8A489D #9D6048 #5B9D48

square

#48859D #8A489D #9D6048 #5B9D48

split-complementary

#48859D #9D485B #9D8A48

monochromatic

#223E49 #356173 #48859D #68A3BA #92BDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#48859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#48859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48859D

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48859D	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.073 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a8ba',
    500: '#48859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48859d;
$custom-light: #81a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.941,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5853,
    "c": 0.07304,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48859D

secondary

#B99688

accent

#7B5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48859D

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

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