#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
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 140)
HSL	hsl(197, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, -11.11, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 19.06, 234.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% -0.043 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.061 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2418, 16.9448, 27.3260)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48798C	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48798C

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

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