#48A6EB#48A6EB

#48A6EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.134 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6EB
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -5.89, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 43.09, 262.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0594 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.134 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2984, 34.6449, 83.6188)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6EB #EB8D48

analogous

#48EBDF #48A6EB #4854EB

triadic

#48A6EB #EB48A6 #A6EB48

tetradic

#48A6EB #DF48EB #EB8D48 #54EB48

square

#48A6EB #DF48EB #EB8D48 #54EB48

split-complementary

#48A6EB #EB4854 #EBDF48

monochromatic

#1268A6 #188ADE #48A6EB #7FC1F1 #B6DCF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48A6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48A6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6EB

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6EB	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7098EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.134 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0f1',
    500: '#48a6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6eb;
$custom-light: #8dc0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.399,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69906,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6EB

secondary

#E7C3A8

accent

#6309DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6EB

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

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