#48A9CC#48A9CC

#48A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9CC
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -17.63, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 31.61, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0728 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.103 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7552, 34.1104, 62.2363)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9CC #CC6B48

analogous

#48CCAD #48A9CC #4867CC

triadic

#48A9CC #CC48A9 #A9CC48

tetradic

#48A9CC #AD48CC #CC6B48 #67CC48

square

#48A9CC #AD48CC #CC6B48 #67CC48

split-complementary

#48A9CC #CC4867 #CCAD48

monochromatic

#216178 #2F88A8 #48A9CC #78BFD9 #A8D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#48A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9CC

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9CC	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2db',
    500: '#48a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9cc;
$custom-light: #89c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69146,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9CC

secondary

#D4AB9C

accent

#7048E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9CC

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

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