#48779F#48779F

#48779F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.081 H 245.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48779F
RGB	rgb(72, 119, 159)
HSL	hsl(208, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 25.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, -4.06, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 26.72, 261.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% -0.0334 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.081 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5251, 17.0733, 35.2715)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48779F #9F7048

analogous

#489F9B #48779F #484C9F

triadic

#48779F #9F4877 #779F48

tetradic

#48779F #9B489F #9F7048 #4C9F48

square

#48779F #9B489F #9F7048 #4C9F48

split-complementary

#48779F #9F484C #9F9B48

monochromatic

#22384B #355775 #48779F #6995BB #93B3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#48779F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#48779F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48779F

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48779F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48779F	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6678A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48779f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 119, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.081 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819ebb',
    500: '#48779f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48779f;
$custom-light: #819ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48779f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.586,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55273,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48779F

secondary

#BA9F89

accent

#8F5ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #48779F

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

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