#48869C#48869C

#48869C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.072 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48869C
RGB	rgb(72, 134, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -13.58, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 22.45, 232.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.0525 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.072 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1961, 20.8267, 34.5598)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48869C #9C5E48

analogous

#489C88 #48869C #485C9C

triadic

#48869C #9C4886 #869C48

tetradic

#48869C #88489C #9C5E48 #5C9C48

square

#48869C #88489C #9C5E48 #5C9C48

split-complementary

#48869C #9C485C #9C8848

monochromatic

#213E48 #356272 #48869C #68A4B9 #92BDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#48869C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#48869C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48869C

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48869C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48869C	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48869c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 134, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.072 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a9b9',
    500: '#48869c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48869c;
$custom-light: #81a9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48869c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58729,
    "c": 0.07222,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48869C

secondary

#B89487

accent

#795BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48869C

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

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