#48879E#48879E

#48879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.074 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48879E
RGB	rgb(72, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -13.53, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 22.88, 233.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0529 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.074 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5057, 21.1727, 35.5054)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48879E #9E5F48

analogous

#489E8A #48879E #485C9E

triadic

#48879E #9E4887 #879E48

tetradic

#48879E #8A489E #9E5F48 #5C9E48

square

#48879E #8A489E #9E5F48 #5C9E48

split-complementary

#48879E #9E485C #9E8A48

monochromatic

#223F4A #356374 #48879E #69A5BB #93BECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#48879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#48879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48879E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48879E	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#058E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.074 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aaba',
    500: '#48879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48879e;
$custom-light: #82aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.047,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59056,
    "c": 0.07363,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48879E

secondary

#BA9588

accent

#795ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48879E

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

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