#48A8CF#48A8CF

#48A8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.106 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8CF
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -16.16, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 32.48, 240.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0707 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.106 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9331, 33.8850, 64.0877)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8CF #CF6F48

analogous

#48CFB2 #48A8CF #4865CF

triadic

#48A8CF #CF48A8 #A8CF48

tetradic

#48A8CF #B248CF #CF6F48 #65CF48

square

#48A8CF #B248CF #CF6F48 #65CF48

split-complementary

#48A8CF #CF4865 #CFB248

monochromatic

#21627C #2D88AD #48A8CF #78BFDC #A9D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48A8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#48A8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8CF

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8CF	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.106 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dd',
    500: '#48a8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8cf;
$custom-light: #89c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69041,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8CF

secondary

#D6AD9D

accent

#7346E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8CF

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

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