#48889C#48889C

#48889C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.072 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48889C
RGB	rgb(72, 136, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -14.69, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 22.43, 229.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0549 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.072 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4751, 21.3848, 34.6528)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48889C #9C5C48

analogous

#489C86 #48889C #485E9C

triadic

#48889C #9C4888 #889C48

tetradic

#48889C #86489C #9C5C48 #5E9C48

square

#48889C #86489C #9C5C48 #5E9C48

split-complementary

#48889C #9C485E #9C8648

monochromatic

#213F48 #356372 #48889C #68A6B9 #92BFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#48889C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#48889C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48889C

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48889C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48889C	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48889c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 136, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.072 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aab9',
    500: '#48889c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48889c;
$custom-light: #82aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48889c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59215,
    "c": 0.07224,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48889C

secondary

#B89387

accent

#765BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48889C

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

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