#48779B#48779B

#48779B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.076 H 242.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48779B
RGB	rgb(72, 119, 155)
HSL	hsl(206, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, -5.34, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 24.91, 257.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% -0.0348 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.076 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1836, 16.9367, 33.4730)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48779B #9B6C48

analogous

#489B96 #48779B #484E9B

triadic

#48779B #9B4877 #779B48

tetradic

#48779B #96489B #9B6C48 #4E9B48

square

#48779B #96489B #9B6C48 #4E9B48

split-complementary

#48779B #9B484E #9B9648

monochromatic

#213747 #355771 #48779B #6895B9 #91B3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#48779B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#48779B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48779B

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48779B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48779B	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67779D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#178083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48779b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 119, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.076 242.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48779b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.024,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5508,
    "c": 0.07633,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48779B

secondary

#B89C87

accent

#8C5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48779B

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

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