#48A8D9#48A8D9

#48A8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8D9
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -12.95, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 35.53, 248.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0671 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.115 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1946, 34.3896, 70.7314)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8D9 #D97948

analogous

#48D9C2 #48A8D9 #4860D9

triadic

#48A8D9 #D948A8 #A8D948

tetradic

#48A8D9 #C248D9 #D97948 #60D948

square

#48A8D9 #C248D9 #D97948 #60D948

split-complementary

#48A8D9 #D94860 #D9C248

monochromatic

#1D658A #278ABD #48A8D9 #7BC0E4 #ADD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48A8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#48A8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8D9

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8D9	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e5',
    500: '#48a8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8d9;
$custom-light: #8ac1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.276,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69491,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8D9

secondary

#DCB5A1

accent

#783FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8D9

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

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