#48879C#48879C

#48879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.072 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48879C
RGB	rgb(72, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(195, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -14.14, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 22.43, 230.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0537 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.072 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3349, 21.1044, 34.6061)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48879C #9C5D48

analogous

#489C87 #48879C #485D9C

triadic

#48879C #9C4887 #879C48

tetradic

#48879C #87489C #9C5D48 #5D9C48

square

#48879C #87489C #9C5D48 #5D9C48

split-complementary

#48879C #9C485D #9C8748

monochromatic

#213F48 #356372 #48879C #68A5B9 #92BECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#48879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#48879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48879C

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48879C	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.072 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aab9',
    500: '#48879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48879c;
$custom-light: #82aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58972,
    "c": 0.07221,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48879C

secondary

#B89487

accent

#775BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48879C

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

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