#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
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -11.42, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 36.82, 251.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0651 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.118 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4044, 34.1793, 72.7439)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48A7DC	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7DC

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

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