#48A6CD#48A6CD

#48A6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.105 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6CD
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -15.72, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 32.19, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0693 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.105 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3238, 33.0551, 62.6860)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6CD #CD6F48

analogous

#48CDB2 #48A6CD #4864CD

triadic

#48A6CD #CD48A6 #A6CD48

tetradic

#48A6CD #B248CD #CD6F48 #64CD48

square

#48A6CD #B248CD #CD6F48 #64CD48

split-complementary

#48A6CD #CD4864 #CDB248

monochromatic

#216079 #2E85A9 #48A6CD #78BDDA #A8D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#48A6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6CD

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6CD	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.105 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0dc',
    500: '#48a6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6cd;
$custom-light: #89c0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68484,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6CD

secondary

#D5AD9C

accent

#7447E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6CD

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

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