#48A7DC#48A7DC

#48A7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A7DC
RGBrgb(72, 167, 220)
HSLhsl(201, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(201, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.10, -11.42, -35.01)
CIE-LCHlch(65.10, 36.82, 251.93°)
OKLaboklab(69.4% -0.0651 -0.0984)
OKLCHoklch(69.4% 0.118 236.5)
XYZxyz(29.4044, 34.1793, 72.7439)
Luminance0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A7DC #DC7D48
analogous
#48DCC7 #48A7DC #485DDC
triadic
#48A7DC #DC48A7 #A7DC48
tetradic
#48A7DC #C748DC #DC7D48 #5DDC48
square
#48A7DC #C748DC #DC7D48 #5DDC48
split-complementary
#48A7DC #DC485D #DCC748
monochromatic
#1B658E #258AC2 #48A7DC #7BC0E6 #AFD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#48A7DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84
#48A7DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7DC
7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A7DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A7DC1.002.687.847.84
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8421.001.001.00
##0000007.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8EA6DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A98DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 236.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e7',
    500: '#48a7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a7dc;
$custom-light: #8bc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.486,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.694,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A7DC
secondary
#DEB7A2
accent
#7B3DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

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#48A7DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva