#48A8D6#48A8D6

#48A8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8D6
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -13.92, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 34.55, 246.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0682 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.112 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8079, 34.2349, 68.6951)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8D6 #D67648

analogous

#48D6BD #48A8D6 #4861D6

triadic

#48A8D6 #D648A8 #A8D648

tetradic

#48A8D6 #BD48D6 #D67648 #61D648

square

#48A8D6 #BD48D6 #D67648 #61D648

split-complementary

#48A8D6 #D64861 #D6BD48

monochromatic

#1E6486 #2989B8 #48A8D6 #7AC0E1 #ACD8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48A8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#48A8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8D6

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8D6	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e2',
    500: '#48a8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8d6;
$custom-light: #8ac1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69354,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8D6

secondary

#DAB3A0

accent

#7741E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8D6

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

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