#48A8D7#48A8D7

#48A8D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.113 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8D7
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 215)
HSL	hsl(200, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -13.59, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 34.87, 247.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0678 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.113 233)
XYZ	xyz(28.9360, 34.2862, 69.3697)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8D7 #D77748

analogous

#48D7BF #48A8D7 #4861D7

triadic

#48A8D7 #D748A8 #A8D748

tetradic

#48A8D7 #BF48D7 #D77748 #61D748

square

#48A8D7 #BF48D7 #D77748 #61D748

split-complementary

#48A8D7 #D74861 #D7BF48

monochromatic

#1E6487 #298AB9 #48A8D7 #7AC0E2 #ACD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48A8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#48A8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8D7

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8D7	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.113 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e3',
    500: '#48a8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8d7;
$custom-light: #8ac1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.72,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.694,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.34289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8D7

secondary

#DBB3A0

accent

#7741E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8D7

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

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