#48A7EE#48A7EE

#48A7EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.137 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7EE
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -5.45, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 44.01, 262.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0595 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.137 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9179, 35.1847, 85.9815)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7EE #EE8F48

analogous

#48EEE2 #48A7EE #4854EE

triadic

#48A7EE #EE48A7 #A7EE48

tetradic

#48A7EE #E248EE #EE8F48 #54EE48

square

#48A7EE #E248EE #EE8F48 #54EE48

split-complementary

#48A7EE #EE4854 #EEE248

monochromatic

#1069AC #158BE4 #48A7EE #80C2F3 #B8DDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#48A7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#48A7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7EE

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7EE	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7099ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.137 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0f4',
    500: '#48a7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7ee;
$custom-light: #8dc0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.663,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70283,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7EE

secondary

#E8C4A9

accent

#6306DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7EE

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