#48A7D8#48A7D8

#48A7D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.114 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7D8
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -12.73, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 35.42, 248.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0665 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.114 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8810, 33.9699, 69.9872)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7D8 #D87948

analogous

#48D8C1 #48A7D8 #485FD8

triadic

#48A7D8 #D848A7 #A7D848

tetradic

#48A7D8 #C148D8 #D87948 #5FD848

square

#48A7D8 #C148D8 #D87948 #5FD848

split-complementary

#48A7D8 #D8485F #D8C148

monochromatic

#1D6489 #2889BB #48A7D8 #7ABFE3 #ADD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48A7D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#48A7D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7D8

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7D8	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C97D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.114 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e4',
    500: '#48a7d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7d8;
$custom-light: #8ac1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69214,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7D8

secondary

#DBB4A0

accent

#7940E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7D8

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

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