#48A7FF#48A7FF

#48A7FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.157 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7FF
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 0.34, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 51.67, 270.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0548 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.157 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5344, 36.2313, 99.7616)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7FF #FFA048

analogous

#48FFFB #48A7FF #484CFF

triadic

#48A7FF #FF48A7 #A7FF48

tetradic

#48A7FF #FB48FF #FFA048 #4CFF48

square

#48A7FF #FB48FF #FFA048 #4CFF48

split-complementary

#48A7FF #FF484C #FFFB48

monochromatic

#006ACD #0B8AFF #48A7FF #85C4FF #C2E2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#48A7FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#48A7FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7FF

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7FF	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#649AFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.157 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c0ff',
    500: '#48a7ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7ff;
$custom-light: #90c0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.852,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.15674,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7FF

secondary

#F1D0B1

accent

#6E00E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F7FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0E1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7FF

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

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