#48889D#48889D

#48889D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.073 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48889D
RGB	rgb(72, 136, 157)
HSL	hsl(195, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -14.39, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 22.63, 230.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0545 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.073 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5601, 21.4188, 35.1006)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48889D #9D5D48

analogous

#489D88 #48889D #485D9D

triadic

#48889D #9D4888 #889D48

tetradic

#48889D #88489D #9D5D48 #5D9D48

square

#48889D #88489D #9D5D48 #5D9D48

split-complementary

#48889D #9D485D #9D8848

monochromatic

#223F49 #356473 #48889D #68A6BA #92BFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#48889D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#48889D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48889D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48889D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48889D	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#078F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48889d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 136, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.073 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aaba',
    500: '#48889d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48889d;
$custom-light: #82aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48889d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.824,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59257,
    "c": 0.07291,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48889D

secondary

#B99488

accent

#775BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48889D

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

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