#48869E#48869E

#48869E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.074 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48869E
RGB	rgb(72, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -12.98, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 22.94, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0517 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.074 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3668, 20.8950, 35.4591)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48869E #9E6048

analogous

#489E8B #48869E #485B9E

triadic

#48869E #9E4886 #869E48

tetradic

#48869E #8B489E #9E6048 #5B9E48

square

#48869E #8B489E #9E6048 #5B9E48

split-complementary

#48869E #9E485B #9E8B48

monochromatic

#223F4A #356274 #48869E #69A4BB #93BDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#48869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#48869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48869E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48869E	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#068D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.074 225.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58814,
    "c": 0.07372,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48869E

secondary

#BA9688

accent

#7B5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48869E

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

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