#48A8DD#48A8DD

#48A8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8DD
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -11.64, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 36.92, 251.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0658 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.118 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7212, 34.6002, 73.5047)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8DD #DD7D48

analogous

#48DDC7 #48A8DD #485EDD

triadic

#48A8DD #DD48A8 #A8DD48

tetradic

#48A8DD #C748DD #DD7D48 #5EDD48

square

#48A8DD #C748DD #DD7D48 #5EDD48

split-complementary

#48A8DD #DD485E #DDC748

monochromatic

#1B6690 #248BC3 #48A8DD #7CC1E7 #AFD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#48A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8DD

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8DD	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e7',
    500: '#48a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8dd;
$custom-light: #8bc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.342,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69678,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8DD

secondary

#DEB8A2

accent

#7B3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8DD

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

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