#48879F#48879F

#48879F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.074 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48879F
RGB	rgb(72, 135, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -13.22, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 23.13, 235.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0525 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.074 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5921, 21.2073, 35.9605)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48879F #9F6048

analogous

#489F8B #48879F #485B9F

triadic

#48879F #9F4887 #879F48

tetradic

#48879F #8B489F #9F6048 #5B9F48

square

#48879F #8B489F #9F6048 #5B9F48

split-complementary

#48879F #9F485B #9F8B48

monochromatic

#223F4B #356375 #48879F #69A4BB #93BECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#48879F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#48879F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48879F

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48879F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48879F	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A84A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#038E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48879f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 135, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.074 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aabb',
    500: '#48879f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48879f;
$custom-light: #82aabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48879f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59099,
    "c": 0.07439,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48879F

secondary

#BA9689

accent

#7A5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48879F

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

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