#48859E#48859E

#48859E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.074 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48859E
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -12.42, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 23.02, 237.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0505 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.074 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2292, 20.6199, 35.4132)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48859E #9E6148

analogous

#489E8C #48859E #485A9E

triadic

#48859E #9E4885 #859E48

tetradic

#48859E #8C489E #9E6148 #5A9E48

square

#48859E #8C489E #9E6148 #5A9E48

split-complementary

#48859E #9E485A #9E8C48

monochromatic

#223E4A #356274 #48859E #69A3BB #93BDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#48859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#48859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48859E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48859E	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)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#078C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.074 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a8ba',
    500: '#48859e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48859e;
$custom-light: #82a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.442,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58572,
    "c": 0.07384,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48859E

secondary

#BA9788

accent

#7C5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48859E

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

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