#48A6DB#48A6DB

#48A6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.118 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6DB
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 219)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -11.20, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 36.72, 252.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0644 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.118 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0899, 33.7615, 71.9876)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6DB #DB7D48

analogous

#48DBC7 #48A6DB #485DDB

triadic

#48A6DB #DB48A6 #A6DB48

tetradic

#48A6DB #C748DB #DB7D48 #5DDB48

square

#48A6DB #C748DB #DB7D48 #5DDB48

split-complementary

#48A6DB #DB485D #DBC748

monochromatic

#1C648D #2688C0 #48A6DB #7BBFE5 #AED8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48A6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#48A6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6DB

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6DB	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.118 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0e6',
    500: '#48a6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6db;
$custom-light: #8bc0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.633,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69123,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6DB

secondary

#DDB7A2

accent

#7C3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6DB

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

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