#48A8EB#48A8EB

#48A8EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.133 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8EB
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -7.01, -41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 42.37, 260.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0613 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.133 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6648, 35.3777, 83.7409)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8EB #EB8B48

analogous

#48EBDD #48A8EB #4856EB

triadic

#48A8EB #EB48A8 #A8EB48

tetradic

#48A8EB #DD48EB #EB8B48 #56EB48

square

#48A8EB #DD48EB #EB8B48 #56EB48

split-complementary

#48A8EB #EB4856 #EBDD48

monochromatic

#1269A6 #188CDE #48A8EB #7FC2F1 #B6DCF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#48A8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#48A8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8EB

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8EB	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#739AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.133 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc1f1',
    500: '#48a8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8eb;
$custom-light: #8dc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.663,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70357,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8EB

secondary

#E7C2A8

accent

#6009DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8EB

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