#48798E#48798E

#48798E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.062 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48798E
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, -10.51, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 19.60, 237.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% -0.0422 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.062 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3906, 17.0043, 28.1098)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48798E #8E5D48

analogous

#488E80 #48798E #48568E

triadic

#48798E #8E4879 #798E48

tetradic

#48798E #80488E #8E5D48 #568E48

square

#48798E #80488E #8E5D48 #568E48

split-complementary

#48798E #8E4856 #8E8048

monochromatic

#1F343D #335665 #48798E #6399B0 #8CB4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#48798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#48798E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48798E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48798E	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#257F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.062 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f9faf',
    500: '#48798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48798e;
$custom-light: #7f9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54976,
    "c": 0.06228,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48798E

secondary

#B09082

accent

#7F5FC9

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48798E

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

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