#48A8DC#48A8DC

#48A8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8DC
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -11.97, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 36.57, 250.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0661 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.117 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5883, 34.5471, 72.8052)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8DC #DC7C48

analogous

#48DCC6 #48A8DC #485EDC

triadic

#48A8DC #DC48A8 #A8DC48

tetradic

#48A8DC #C648DC #DC7C48 #5EDC48

square

#48A8DC #C648DC #DC7C48 #5EDC48

split-complementary

#48A8DC #DC485E #DCC648

monochromatic

#1B668E #258BC2 #48A8DC #7BC0E6 #AFD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48A8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#48A8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8DC

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8DC	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e7',
    500: '#48a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8dc;
$custom-light: #8bc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69631,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8DC

secondary

#DEB7A2

accent

#7A3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8DC

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

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