#48A8D8#48A8D8

#48A8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8D8
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -13.27, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 35.20, 247.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0675 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.114 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0649, 34.3377, 70.0485)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8D8 #D87848

analogous

#48D8C0 #48A8D8 #4860D8

triadic

#48A8D8 #D848A8 #A8D848

tetradic

#48A8D8 #C048D8 #D87848 #60D848

square

#48A8D8 #C048D8 #D87848 #60D848

split-complementary

#48A8D8 #D84860 #D8C048

monochromatic

#1D6589 #288ABB #48A8D8 #7AC0E3 #ADD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48A8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#48A8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8D8

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8D8	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e4',
    500: '#48a8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8d8;
$custom-light: #8ac1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69445,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8D8

secondary

#DBB4A0

accent

#7840E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8D8

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

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