#48A7DD#48A7DD

#48A7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7DD
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -11.10, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 37.19, 252.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0648 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.119 237)
XYZ	xyz(29.5373, 34.2324, 73.4434)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7DD #DD7E48

analogous

#48DDC9 #48A7DD #485CDD

triadic

#48A7DD #DD48A7 #A7DD48

tetradic

#48A7DD #C948DD #DD7E48 #5CDD48

square

#48A7DD #C948DD #DD7E48 #5CDD48

split-complementary

#48A7DD #DD485C #DDC948

monochromatic

#1B6590 #248AC3 #48A7DD #7CC0E7 #AFD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48A7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#48A7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7DD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7DD	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7998DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e7',
    500: '#48a7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7dd;
$custom-light: #8bc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.745,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69448,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.34236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7DD

secondary

#DEB8A2

accent

#7C3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7DD

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

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