#48A7EB#48A7EB

#48A7EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.134 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7EB
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 28.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -6.45, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 42.73, 261.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0603 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.134 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4808, 35.0099, 83.6796)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7EB #EB8C48

analogous

#48EBDE #48A7EB #4855EB

triadic

#48A7EB #EB48A7 #A7EB48

tetradic

#48A7EB #DE48EB #EB8C48 #55EB48

square

#48A7EB #DE48EB #EB8C48 #55EB48

split-complementary

#48A7EB #EB4855 #EBDE48

monochromatic

#1269A6 #188BDE #48A7EB #7FC2F1 #B6DCF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#48A7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#48A7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7EB

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7EB	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7299EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.134 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0f1',
    500: '#48a7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7eb;
$custom-light: #8dc0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.031,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70131,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7EB

secondary

#E7C2A8

accent

#6109DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7EB

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