#48879A#48879A

#48879A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.071 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48879A
RGB	rgb(72, 135, 154)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -14.74, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 22.02, 227.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0545 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.071 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1670, 21.0373, 33.7215)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48879A #9A5B48

analogous

#489A84 #48879A #485E9A

triadic

#48879A #9A4887 #879A48

tetradic

#48879A #84489A #9A5B48 #5E9A48

square

#48879A #84489A #9A5B48 #5E9A48

split-complementary

#48879A #9A485E #9A8448

monochromatic

#213E47 #356270 #48879A #67A5B8 #91BECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#48879A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#48879A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48879A

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48879A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48879A	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48879a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 135, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.071 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81aab7',
    500: '#48879a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48879a;
$custom-light: #81aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48879a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.902,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58889,
    "c": 0.0709,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48879A

secondary

#B79286

accent

#765CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48879A

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

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