#48A6CB#48A6CB

#48A6CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.103 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6CB
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -16.35, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 31.65, 238.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0701 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.103 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0839, 32.9591, 61.4227)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6CB #CB6D48

analogous

#48CBAF #48A6CB #4865CB

triadic

#48A6CB #CB48A6 #A6CB48

tetradic

#48A6CB #AF48CB #CB6D48 #65CB48

square

#48A6CB #AF48CB #CB6D48 #65CB48

split-complementary

#48A6CB #CB4865 #CBAF48

monochromatic

#225F77 #2F85A6 #48A6CB #78BDD9 #A7D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#48A6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#48A6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6CB

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6CB	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.103 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0db',
    500: '#48a6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6cb;
$custom-light: #88c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68396,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6CB

secondary

#D3AB9B

accent

#7349DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6CB

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

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