#48A8CD#48A8CD

#48A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.104 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8CD
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -16.79, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 31.95, 238.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0714 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.104 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6902, 33.7878, 62.8082)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8CD #CD6D48

analogous

#48CDB0 #48A8CD #4866CD

triadic

#48A8CD #CD48A8 #A8CD48

tetradic

#48A8CD #B048CD #CD6D48 #66CD48

square

#48A8CD #B048CD #CD6D48 #66CD48

split-complementary

#48A8CD #CD4866 #CDB048

monochromatic

#216179 #2E87A9 #48A8CD #78BFDA #A8D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#48A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8CD

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8CD	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.104 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dc',
    500: '#48a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8cd;
$custom-light: #89c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68954,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8CD

secondary

#D5AC9C

accent

#7247E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8CD

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