#48A8CC#48A8CC

#48A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.103 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8CC
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -17.10, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 31.70, 237.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0718 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.104 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5699, 33.7397, 62.1745)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8CC #CC6C48

analogous

#48CCAE #48A8CC #4866CC

triadic

#48A8CC #CC48A8 #A8CC48

tetradic

#48A8CC #AE48CC #CC6C48 #66CC48

square

#48A8CC #AE48CC #CC6C48 #66CC48

split-complementary

#48A8CC #CC4866 #CCAE48

monochromatic

#216078 #2F87A8 #48A8CC #78BFD9 #A8D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#48A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8CC

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8CC	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.103 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2db',
    500: '#48a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8cc;
$custom-light: #89c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6891,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8CC

secondary

#D4AB9C

accent

#7148E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8CC

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

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