#48799B#48799B

#48799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.075 H 240.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48799B
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(205, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, -6.51, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 24.28, 254.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% -0.0373 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.075 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4241, 17.4178, 33.5531)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48799B #9B6A48

analogous

#489B94 #48799B #48509B

triadic

#48799B #9B4879 #799B48

tetradic

#48799B #94489B #9B6A48 #509B48

square

#48799B #94489B #9B6A48 #509B48

split-complementary

#48799B #9B4850 #9B9448

monochromatic

#213847 #355871 #48799B #6897B9 #91B4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#48799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#48799B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48799B

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48799B	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F709A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#168184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.075 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819fb8',
    500: '#48799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48799b;
$custom-light: #819fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.578,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55556,
    "c": 0.07516,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48799B

secondary

#B89B87

accent

#8A5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48799B

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

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