#48899C#48899C

#48899C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.072 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48899C
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -15.23, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 22.45, 227.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.0561 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.072 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6166, 21.6678, 34.7000)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48899C #9C5B48

analogous

#489C85 #48899C #485F9C

triadic

#48899C #9C4889 #899C48

tetradic

#48899C #85489C #9C5B48 #5F9C48

square

#48899C #85489C #9C5B48 #5F9C48

split-complementary

#48899C #9C485F #9C8548

monochromatic

#213F48 #356472 #48899C #68A7B9 #92BFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#48899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#48899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48899C

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48899C	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)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.072 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abb9',
    500: '#48899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48899c;
$custom-light: #82abb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59459,
    "c": 0.07233,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48899C

secondary

#B89287

accent

#755BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48899C

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

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