#48A8DB#48A8DB

#48A8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8DB
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -12.30, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 36.22, 250.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0665 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.117 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4563, 34.4943, 72.1098)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8DB #DB7B48

analogous

#48DBC4 #48A8DB #485FDB

triadic

#48A8DB #DB48A8 #A8DB48

tetradic

#48A8DB #C448DB #DB7B48 #5FDB48

square

#48A8DB #C448DB #DB7B48 #5FDB48

split-complementary

#48A8DB #DB485F #DBC448

monochromatic

#1C668D #268BC0 #48A8DB #7BC0E5 #AED9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48A8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#48A8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8DB

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8DB	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e6',
    500: '#48a8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8db;
$custom-light: #8bc1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69584,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8DB

secondary

#DDB6A2

accent

#7A3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8DB

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

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