#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
RGBrgb(72, 166, 231)
HSLhsl(205, 77%, 59%)
HSVhsv(205, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.29, -7.23, -40.77)
CIE-LCHlch(65.29, 41.41, 259.94°)
OKLaboklab(69.71% -0.0606 -0.1151)
OKLCHoklch(69.71% 0.13 242.2)
XYZxyz(30.7270, 34.4163, 80.6095)
Luminance0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##48A6E71.002.667.887.88
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

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

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#48A6E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva