#48859F#48859F

#48859F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.075 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48859F
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 159)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -12.11, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 23.30, 238.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0501 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.075 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3157, 20.6545, 35.8684)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48859F #9F6248

analogous

#489F8D #48859F #485A9F

triadic

#48859F #9F4885 #859F48

tetradic

#48859F #8D489F #9F6248 #5A9F48

square

#48859F #8D489F #9F6248 #5A9F48

split-complementary

#48859F #9F485A #9F8D48

monochromatic

#223F4B #356275 #48859F #69A3BB #93BDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#48859F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#48859F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48859F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48859F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48859F	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7783A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#058D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48859f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.075 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a8bb',
    500: '#48859f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48859f;
$custom-light: #82a8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48859f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.931,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58616,
    "c": 0.07466,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48859F

secondary

#BA9789

accent

#7D5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48859F

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

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