#48A6FF#48A6FF

#48A6FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.158 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6FF
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 34.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 0.91, -52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 52.12, 271.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0539 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.158 250)
XYZ	xyz(34.3519, 35.8663, 99.7008)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6FF #FFA148

analogous

#48FFFC #48A6FF #484BFF

triadic

#48A6FF #FF48A6 #A6FF48

tetradic

#48A6FF #FC48FF #FFA148 #4BFF48

square

#48A6FF #FC48FF #FFA148 #4BFF48

split-complementary

#48A6FF #FF484B #FFFC48

monochromatic

#0069CD #0B88FF #48A6FF #85C4FF #C2E2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48A6FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#48A6FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6FF

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6FF	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DABFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#639AFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.158 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0ff',
    500: '#48a6ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6ff;
$custom-light: #90c0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.18,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.15765,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.3587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6FF

secondary

#F1D1B1

accent

#7000E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F7FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0E1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6FF

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

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