#48799D#48799D

#48799D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.077 H 241.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48799D
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 157)
HSL	hsl(205, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, -5.88, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 25.13, 256.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% -0.0365 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.077 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5935, 17.4855, 34.4451)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48799D #9D6C48

analogous

#489D97 #48799D #484E9D

triadic

#48799D #9D4879 #799D48

tetradic

#48799D #97489D #9D6C48 #4E9D48

square

#48799D #97489D #9D6C48 #4E9D48

split-complementary

#48799D #9D484E #9D9748

monochromatic

#223849 #355973 #48799D #6897BA #92B4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#48799D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#48799D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48799D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48799D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48799D	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69799F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E709C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#138285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48799d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.077 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819fba',
    500: '#48799d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48799d;
$custom-light: #819fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48799d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.412,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5565,
    "c": 0.07742,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48799D

secondary

#B99D88

accent

#8B5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48799D

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

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