#48A7E6#48A7E6

#48A7E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7E6
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -8.12, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 40.66, 258.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0619 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.128 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7686, 34.7250, 79.9286)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7E6 #E68748

analogous

#48E6D6 #48A7E6 #4858E6

triadic

#48A7E6 #E648A7 #A7E648

tetradic

#48A7E6 #D648E6 #E68748 #58E648

square

#48A7E6 #D648E6 #E68748 #58E648

split-complementary

#48A7E6 #E64858 #E6D648

monochromatic

#16689E #1D8BD4 #48A7E6 #7EC1ED #B4DBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48A7E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#48A7E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7E6

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7E6	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1ee',
    500: '#48a7e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7e6;
$custom-light: #8cc1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.924,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69882,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7E6

secondary

#E4BFA6

accent

#8135F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7E6

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

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