#48A7D6#48A7D6

#48A7D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.112 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7D6
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 214)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 22%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -13.38, -32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 34.75, 247.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0672 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.112 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6240, 33.8671, 68.6338)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7D6 #D67748

analogous

#48D6BE #48A7D6 #4860D6

triadic

#48A7D6 #D648A7 #A7D648

tetradic

#48A7D6 #BE48D6 #D67748 #60D648

square

#48A7D6 #BE48D6 #D67748 #60D648

split-complementary

#48A7D6 #D64860 #D6BE48

monochromatic

#1E6386 #2988B8 #48A7D6 #7ABFE1 #ACD7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48A7D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#48A7D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7D6

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7D6	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A5D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C97D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.112 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e2',
    500: '#48a7d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7d6;
$custom-light: #8ac1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.859,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69122,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7D6

secondary

#DAB3A0

accent

#7841E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7D6

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

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