#48799E#48799E

#48799E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.079 H 242.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48799E
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(206, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, -5.56, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 25.57, 257.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% -0.0362 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.079 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6792, 17.5198, 34.8965)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48799E #9E6D48

analogous

#489E98 #48799E #484E9E

triadic

#48799E #9E4879 #799E48

tetradic

#48799E #98489E #9E6D48 #4E9E48

square

#48799E #98489E #9E6D48 #4E9E48

split-complementary

#48799E #9E484E #9E9848

monochromatic

#22394A #355974 #48799E #6997BB #93B4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#48799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#48799E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48799E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48799E	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6979A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#118285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.079 242.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.814,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55698,
    "c": 0.07857,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48799E

secondary

#BA9D88

accent

#8C5ACD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48799E

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

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