#48A7CC#48A7CC

#48A7CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7CC
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -16.57, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 31.80, 238.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0707 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.104 227)
XYZ	xyz(27.3860, 33.3719, 62.1132)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7CC #CC6D48

analogous

#48CCAF #48A7CC #4865CC

triadic

#48A7CC #CC48A7 #A7CC48

tetradic

#48A7CC #AF48CC #CC6D48 #65CC48

square

#48A7CC #AF48CC #CC6D48 #65CC48

split-complementary

#48A7CC #CC4865 #CCAF48

monochromatic

#216078 #2F86A8 #48A7CC #78BED9 #A8D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#48A7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7CC

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7CC	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)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1db',
    500: '#48a7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7cc;
$custom-light: #89c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68675,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.33375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7CC

secondary

#D4AC9C

accent

#7348E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7CC

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

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