#48899E#48899E

#48899E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.074 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48899E
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -14.63, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 22.83, 230.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0553 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.074 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7873, 21.7361, 35.5992)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48899E #9E5D48

analogous

#489E88 #48899E #485E9E

triadic

#48899E #9E4889 #899E48

tetradic

#48899E #88489E #9E5D48 #5E9E48

square

#48899E #88489E #9E5D48 #5E9E48

split-complementary

#48899E #9E485E #9E8848

monochromatic

#22404A #356574 #48899E #69A7BB #93BFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#48899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#48899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48899E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48899E	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.074 221.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.651,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59541,
    "c": 0.07361,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48899E

secondary

#BA9488

accent

#775ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48899E

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

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