#48869F#48869F

#48869F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.074 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48869F
RGB	rgb(72, 134, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, -12.67, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 23.20, 236.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0513 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.075 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4532, 20.9296, 35.9142)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48869F #9F6148

analogous

#489F8C #48869F #485B9F

triadic

#48869F #9F4886 #869F48

tetradic

#48869F #8C489F #9F6148 #5B9F48

square

#48869F #8C489F #9F6148 #5B9F48

split-complementary

#48869F #9F485B #9F8C48

monochromatic

#223F4B #356275 #48869F #69A4BB #93BDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#48869F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#48869F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48869F

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48869F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48869F	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7984A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#048D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48869f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 134, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.074 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a9bb',
    500: '#48869f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48869f;
$custom-light: #82a9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48869f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.241,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58857,
    "c": 0.0745,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48869F

secondary

#BA9789

accent

#7B5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48869F

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

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