#48909F#48909F

#48909F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.075 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48909F
RGB	rgb(72, 144, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -18.12, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 23.41, 219.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0631 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.075 213)
XYZ	xyz(18.9013, 23.8257, 36.3969)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48909F #9F5748

analogous

#489F82 #48909F #48649F

triadic

#48909F #9F4890 #909F48

tetradic

#48909F #82489F #9F5748 #649F48

square

#48909F #82489F #9F5748 #649F48

split-complementary

#48909F #9F4864 #9F8248

monochromatic

#22444B #356A75 #48909F #69ADBB #93C4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#48909F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#48909F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48909F

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48909F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48909F	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77829F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48909f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 144, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.075 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b0bb',
    500: '#48909f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48909f;
$custom-light: #82b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48909f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61287,
    "c": 0.07522,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.23827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48909F

secondary

#BA9189

accent

#6E5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48909F

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

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