#48779E#48779E

#48779E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.080 H 245.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48779E
RGB	rgb(72, 119, 158)
HSL	hsl(207, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 24.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, -4.38, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 26.26, 260.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% -0.0338 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.08 245)
XYZ	xyz(15.4387, 17.0387, 34.8164)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48779E #9E6F48

analogous

#489E9A #48779E #484C9E

triadic

#48779E #9E4877 #779E48

tetradic

#48779E #9A489E #9E6F48 #4C9E48

square

#48779E #9A489E #9E6F48 #4C9E48

split-complementary

#48779E #9E484C #9E9A48

monochromatic

#22384A #355774 #48779E #6995BB #93B3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#48779E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#48779E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48779E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48779E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48779E	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6678A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#128084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48779e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 119, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.080 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819eba',
    500: '#48779e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48779e;
$custom-light: #819eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48779e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.209,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55224,
    "c": 0.0799,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.1704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48779E

secondary

#BA9F88

accent

#8F5ACD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48779E

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

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