#48A8CE#48A8CE

#48A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.105 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8CE
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -16.47, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 32.21, 239.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.071 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.105 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8113, 33.8363, 63.4459)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8CE #CE6E48

analogous

#48CEB1 #48A8CE #4865CE

triadic

#48A8CE #CE48A8 #A8CE48

tetradic

#48A8CE #B148CE #CE6E48 #65CE48

square

#48A8CE #B148CE #CE6E48 #65CE48

split-complementary

#48A8CE #CE4865 #CEB148

monochromatic

#21617B #2E88AB #48A8CE #78BFDB #A9D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#48A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8CE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8CE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.105 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dd',
    500: '#48a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8ce;
$custom-light: #89c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68997,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8CE

secondary

#D5AD9D

accent

#7347E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8CE

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

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