#48A7CD#48A7CD

#48A7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.105 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7CD
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -16.26, -27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 32.07, 239.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0704 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.105 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5063, 33.4200, 62.7469)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7CD #CD6E48

analogous

#48CDB1 #48A7CD #4865CD

triadic

#48A7CD #CD48A7 #A7CD48

tetradic

#48A7CD #B148CD #CD6E48 #65CD48

square

#48A7CD #B148CD #CD6E48 #65CD48

split-complementary

#48A7CD #CD4865 #CDB148

monochromatic

#216079 #2E86A9 #48A7CD #78BEDA #A8D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#48A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7CD

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7CD	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.105 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1dc',
    500: '#48a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7cd;
$custom-light: #89c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68719,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7CD

secondary

#D5AC9C

accent

#7347E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7CD

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

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