#48A7CA#48A7CA

#48A7CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.102 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7CA
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -17.20, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 31.30, 236.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0715 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.102 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1476, 33.2766, 60.8580)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7CA #CA6B48

analogous

#48CAAC #48A7CA #4866CA

triadic

#48A7CA #CA48A7 #A7CA48

tetradic

#48A7CA #AC48CA #CA6B48 #66CA48

square

#48A7CA #AC48CA #CA6B48 #66CA48

split-complementary

#48A7CA #CA4866 #CAAC48

monochromatic

#225F76 #3085A5 #48A7CA #77BED8 #A7D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#48A7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7CA

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7CA	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.102 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c1da',
    500: '#48a7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7ca;
$custom-light: #88c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68588,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7CA

secondary

#D3AA9B

accent

#7249DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7CA

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

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