#48A6CF#48A6CF

#48A6CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.106 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6CF
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -15.08, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 32.76, 242.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0686 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.106 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5667, 33.1522, 63.9656)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6CF #CF7148

analogous

#48CFB5 #48A6CF #4863CF

triadic

#48A6CF #CF48A6 #A6CF48

tetradic

#48A6CF #B548CF #CF7148 #63CF48

square

#48A6CF #B548CF #CF7148 #63CF48

split-complementary

#48A6CF #CF4863 #CFB548

monochromatic

#21607C #2D86AD #48A6CF #78BEDC #A9D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48A6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#48A6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6CF

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6CF	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E96CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.106 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0dd',
    500: '#48a6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6cf;
$custom-light: #89c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.222,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68573,
    "c": 0.10646,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6CF

secondary

#D6AE9D

accent

#7546E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6CF

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

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