#48869B#48869B

#48869B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.072 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48869B
RGB	rgb(72, 134, 155)
HSL	hsl(195, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -13.89, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 22.23, 231.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0529 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.072 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1117, 20.7930, 34.1157)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48869B #9B5D48

analogous

#489B87 #48869B #485C9B

triadic

#48869B #9B4886 #869B48

tetradic

#48869B #87489B #9B5D48 #5C9B48

square

#48869B #87489B #9B5D48 #5C9B48

split-complementary

#48869B #9B485C #9B8748

monochromatic

#213E47 #356271 #48869B #68A4B9 #91BDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#48869B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#48869B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48869B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48869B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48869B	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A839C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48869b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 134, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.072 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a9b8',
    500: '#48869b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48869b;
$custom-light: #81a9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48869b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.181,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58688,
    "c": 0.07151,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48869B

secondary

#B89387

accent

#785BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48869B

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

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