#48799C#48799C

#48799C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.076 H 241.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48799C
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 156)
HSL	hsl(205, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, -6.19, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 24.71, 255.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% -0.0369 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.076 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5084, 17.4515, 33.9973)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48799C #9C6B48

analogous

#489C95 #48799C #484F9C

triadic

#48799C #9C4879 #799C48

tetradic

#48799C #95489C #9C6B48 #4F9C48

square

#48799C #95489C #9C6B48 #4F9C48

split-complementary

#48799C #9C484F #9C9548

monochromatic

#213848 #355972 #48799C #6897B9 #92B4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#48799C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#48799C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48799C

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48799C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48799C	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E709B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#158285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48799c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.076 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819fb9',
    500: '#48799c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48799c;
$custom-light: #819fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48799c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55603,
    "c": 0.07628,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48799C

secondary

#B89C87

accent

#8A5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48799C

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

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