#48798C#48798C

#48798C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.061 H 224.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48798C
RGBrgb(72, 121, 140)
HSLhsl(197, 32%, 42%)
HSVhsv(197, 49%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(48.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(48.19, -11.11, -15.48)
CIE-LCHlch(48.19, 19.06, 234.33°)
OKLaboklab(54.89% -0.043 -0.0428)
OKLCHoklch(54.89% 0.061 224.9)
XYZxyz(14.2418, 16.9448, 27.3260)
Luminance0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48798C #8C5B48
analogous
#488C7D #48798C #48578C
triadic
#48798C #8C4879 #798C48
tetradic
#48798C #7D488C #8C5B48 #578C48
square
#48798C #7D488C #8C5B48 #578C48
split-complementary
#48798C #8C4857 #8C7D48
monochromatic
#1E333B #335664 #48798C #6399AF #8BB4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78
#48798C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39
#48798C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48798C
4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48798C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##48798C1.004.784.394.78
#FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00
#0000004.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6E778D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#646F8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#267F7F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48798c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.061 224.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9fad',
    500: '#48798c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48798c;
$custom-light: #7f9fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48798c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54891,
    "c": 0.06068,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48798C
secondary
#AF8E81
accent
#7D60C8
background
#F8F9FA
surface
#EFF2F4
border
#CACCCE
text
#0A0E10
muted
#7C7E7F

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#48798C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva