#48779A#48779A

#48779A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.075 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48779A
RGB	rgb(72, 119, 154)
HSL	hsl(206, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, -5.66, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 24.47, 256.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% -0.0352 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.075 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1000, 16.9032, 33.0325)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48779A #9A6B48

analogous

#489A94 #48779A #484E9A

triadic

#48779A #9A4877 #779A48

tetradic

#48779A #94489A #9A6B48 #4E9A48

square

#48779A #94489A #9A6B48 #4E9A48

split-complementary

#48779A #9A484E #9A9448

monochromatic

#213747 #355770 #48779A #6796B8 #91B2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#48779A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#48779A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48779A

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48779A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48779A	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68779C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48779a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 119, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.075 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819eb8',
    500: '#48779a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48779a;
$custom-light: #819eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48779a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.61,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55033,
    "c": 0.07518,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48779A

secondary

#B79B86

accent

#8C5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48779A

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

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