#48A6D7#48A6D7

#48A6D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.114 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6D7
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 215)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 22.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -12.51, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 35.31, 249.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0658 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.114 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5697, 33.5534, 69.2476)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6D7 #D77948

analogous

#48D7C0 #48A6D7 #485FD7

triadic

#48A6D7 #D748A6 #A6D748

tetradic

#48A6D7 #C048D7 #D77948 #5FD748

square

#48A6D7 #C048D7 #D77948 #5FD748

split-complementary

#48A6D7 #D7485F #D7C048

monochromatic

#1E6387 #2988B9 #48A6D7 #7ABEE2 #ACD7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48A6D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#48A6D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6D7

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6D7	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B96D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.114 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0e3',
    500: '#48a6d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6d7;
$custom-light: #8ac0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.559,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68936,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6D7

secondary

#DBB4A0

accent

#7A41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6D7

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

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