#48899B#48899B

#48899B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.072 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48899B
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 155)
HSL	hsl(193, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -15.53, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 22.27, 225.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0565 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.072 218)
XYZ	xyz(17.5323, 21.6341, 34.2559)
Luminance	0.2164 (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

#48899B #9B5A48

analogous

#489B84 #48899B #48609B

triadic

#48899B #9B4889 #899B48

tetradic

#48899B #84489B #9B5A48 #609B48

square

#48899B #84489B #9B5A48 #609B48

split-complementary

#48899B #9B4860 #9B8448

monochromatic

#213F47 #356471 #48899B #68A7B9 #91BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#48899B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#48899B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48899B

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48899B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48899B	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48899b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.072 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abb8',
    500: '#48899b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48899b;
$custom-light: #82abb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48899b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.012,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59418,
    "c": 0.07172,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.21636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48899B

secondary

#B89287

accent

#745BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48899B

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

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