#48869D#48869D

#48869D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.073 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48869D
RGB	rgb(72, 134, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -13.28, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 22.69, 234.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0521 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.073 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2811, 20.8607, 35.0076)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48869D #9D5F48

analogous

#489D89 #48869D #485C9D

triadic

#48869D #9D4886 #869D48

tetradic

#48869D #89489D #9D5F48 #5C9D48

square

#48869D #89489D #9D5F48 #5C9D48

split-complementary

#48869D #9D485C #9D8948

monochromatic

#223E49 #356273 #48869D #68A4BA #92BDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#48869D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#48869D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48869D

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48869D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48869D	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	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)

#79839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#098D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48869d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 134, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.073 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a9ba',
    500: '#48869d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48869d;
$custom-light: #82a9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48869d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.235,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58772,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48869D

secondary

#B99588

accent

#7A5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48869D

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

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