#48A6DC#48A6DC

#48A6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6DC
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -10.88, -35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 37.09, 252.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0641 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.119 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2220, 33.8143, 72.6830)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6DC #DC7E48

analogous

#48DCC8 #48A6DC #485CDC

triadic

#48A6DC #DC48A6 #A6DC48

tetradic

#48A6DC #C848DC #DC7E48 #5CDC48

square

#48A6DC #C848DC #DC7E48 #5CDC48

split-complementary

#48A6DC #DC485C #DCC848

monochromatic

#1B648E #2589C2 #48A6DC #7BBFE6 #AFD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48A6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#48A6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6DC

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6DC	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0e7',
    500: '#48a6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6dc;
$custom-light: #8bc0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.892,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6917,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6DC

secondary

#DEB8A2

accent

#7C3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6DC

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

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