#48899D#48899D

#48899D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.073 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48899D
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -14.93, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 22.63, 228.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0557 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.073 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7016, 21.7018, 35.1478)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48899D #9D5C48

analogous

#489D87 #48899D #485E9D

triadic

#48899D #9D4889 #899D48

tetradic

#48899D #87489D #9D5C48 #5E9D48

square

#48899D #87489D #9D5C48 #5E9D48

split-complementary

#48899D #9D485E #9D8748

monochromatic

#224049 #356473 #48899D #68A7BA #92BFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#48899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#48899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48899D

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48899D	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.073 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abba',
    500: '#48899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48899d;
$custom-light: #82abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.595,
    "c": 0.07295,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48899D

secondary

#B99388

accent

#765BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48899D

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

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