#48899F#48899F

#48899F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.074 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48899F
RGB	rgb(72, 137, 159)
HSL	hsl(195, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -14.33, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 23.05, 231.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0549 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.074 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8738, 21.7707, 36.0544)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48899F #9F5E48

analogous

#489F89 #48899F #485E9F

triadic

#48899F #9F4889 #899F48

tetradic

#48899F #89489F #9F5E48 #5E9F48

square

#48899F #89489F #9F5E48 #5E9F48

split-complementary

#48899F #9F485E #9F8948

monochromatic

#22404B #356575 #48899F #69A6BB #93BFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#48899F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#48899F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48899F

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48899F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48899F	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48899f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 137, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.074 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abbb',
    500: '#48899f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48899f;
$custom-light: #82abbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48899f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.172,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59583,
    "c": 0.07429,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48899F

secondary

#BA9589

accent

#775ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48899F

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

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