#48A7CF#48A7CF

#48A7CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.106 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7CF
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -15.62, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 32.61, 241.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0696 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.106 229)
XYZ	xyz(27.7492, 33.5172, 64.0264)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7CF #CF7048

analogous

#48CFB4 #48A7CF #4863CF

triadic

#48A7CF #CF48A7 #A7CF48

tetradic

#48A7CF #B448CF #CF7048 #63CF48

square

#48A7CF #B448CF #CF7048 #63CF48

split-complementary

#48A7CF #CF4863 #CFB448

monochromatic

#21617C #2D87AD #48A7CF #78BEDC #A9D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48A7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#48A7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7CF

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7CF	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8097CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.106 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1dd',
    500: '#48a7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7cf;
$custom-light: #89c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68807,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.3352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7CF

secondary

#D6AE9D

accent

#7446E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7CF

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

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