#48A6CE#48A6CE

#48A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.106 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6CE
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -15.40, -28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 32.47, 241.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.069 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.106 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4449, 33.1035, 63.3238)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6CE #CE7048

analogous

#48CEB3 #48A6CE #4863CE

triadic

#48A6CE #CE48A6 #A6CE48

tetradic

#48A6CE #B348CE #CE7048 #63CE48

square

#48A6CE #B348CE #CE7048 #63CE48

split-complementary

#48A6CE #CE4863 #CEB348

monochromatic

#21607B #2E86AB #48A6CE #78BDDB #A9D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#48A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6CE

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6CE	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.106 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0dd',
    500: '#48a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6ce;
$custom-light: #89c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68528,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6CE

secondary

#D5AD9D

accent

#7547E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6CE

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

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