#48A7D9#48A7D9

#48A7D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.115 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7D9
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 23%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -12.40, -33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 35.76, 249.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0661 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.115 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0107, 34.0218, 70.6701)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7D9 #D97A48

analogous

#48D9C3 #48A7D9 #485FD9

triadic

#48A7D9 #D948A7 #A7D948

tetradic

#48A7D9 #C348D9 #D97A48 #5FD948

square

#48A7D9 #C348D9 #D97A48 #5FD948

split-complementary

#48A7D9 #D9485F #D9C348

monochromatic

#1D648A #2789BD #48A7D9 #7BBFE4 #ADD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48A7D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#48A7D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7D9

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7D9	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.115 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e5',
    500: '#48a7d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7d9;
$custom-light: #8ac1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6926,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7D9

secondary

#DCB5A1

accent

#7A3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7D9

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

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