#48A7CB#48A7CB

#48A7CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.103 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7CB
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -16.89, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 31.55, 237.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0711 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.103 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2664, 33.3241, 61.4836)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7CB #CB6C48

analogous

#48CBAE #48A7CB #4866CB

triadic

#48A7CB #CB48A7 #A7CB48

tetradic

#48A7CB #AE48CB #CB6C48 #66CB48

square

#48A7CB #AE48CB #CB6C48 #66CB48

split-complementary

#48A7CB #CB4866 #CBAE48

monochromatic

#225F77 #2F86A6 #48A7CB #78BED9 #A7D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#48A7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7CB

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7CB	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.103 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1db',
    500: '#48a7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7cb;
$custom-light: #89c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68632,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7CB

secondary

#D3AB9B

accent

#7249DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7CB

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

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