#48A6DD#48A6DD

#48A6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6DD
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -10.55, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 37.46, 253.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0638 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.12 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3548, 33.8675, 73.3826)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6DD #DD7F48

analogous

#48DDCA #48A6DD #485BDD

triadic

#48A6DD #DD48A6 #A6DD48

tetradic

#48A6DD #CA48DD #DD7F48 #5BDD48

square

#48A6DD #CA48DD #DD7F48 #5BDD48

split-complementary

#48A6DD #DD485B #DDCA48

monochromatic

#1B6590 #2489C3 #48A6DD #7CBFE7 #AFD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48A6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#48A6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6DD

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6DD	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc0e7',
    500: '#48a6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6dd;
$custom-light: #8bc0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.148,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6DD

secondary

#DEB9A2

accent

#7D3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6DD

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

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