#48A6E7#48A6E7

#48A6E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.130 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6E7
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -7.23, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 41.41, 259.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0606 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.13 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7270, 34.4163, 80.6095)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6E7 #E78948

analogous

#48E7D8 #48A6E7 #4857E7

triadic

#48A6E7 #E748A6 #A6E748

tetradic

#48A6E7 #D848E7 #E78948 #57E748

square

#48A6E7 #D848E7 #E78948 #57E748

split-complementary

#48A6E7 #E74857 #E7D848

monochromatic

#1567A0 #1C8AD6 #48A6E7 #7EC0EE #B4DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48A6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#48A6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6E7

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6E7	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7298E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.130 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0ef',
    500: '#48a6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6e7;
$custom-light: #8cc0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.528,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69705,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6E7

secondary

#E4C0A6

accent

#8234F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6E7

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

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