#48A7CE#48A7CE

#48A7CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.105 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7CE
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -15.94, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 32.34, 240.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.07 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.105 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6274, 33.4685, 63.3846)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7CE #CE6F48

analogous

#48CEB2 #48A7CE #4864CE

triadic

#48A7CE #CE48A7 #A7CE48

tetradic

#48A7CE #B248CE #CE6F48 #64CE48

square

#48A7CE #B248CE #CE6F48 #64CE48

split-complementary

#48A7CE #CE4864 #CEB248

monochromatic

#21617B #2E87AB #48A7CE #78BEDB #A9D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48A7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#48A7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7CE

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7CE	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.105 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1dd',
    500: '#48a7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7ce;
$custom-light: #89c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68763,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7CE

secondary

#D5AD9D

accent

#7447E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7CE

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

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