#48A9CD#48A9CD

#48A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.104 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9CD
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -17.32, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 31.85, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0725 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.104 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8755, 34.1585, 62.8699)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9CD #CD6C48

analogous

#48CDAF #48A9CD #4866CD

triadic

#48A9CD #CD48A9 #A9CD48

tetradic

#48A9CD #AF48CD #CD6C48 #66CD48

square

#48A9CD #AF48CD #CD6C48 #66CD48

split-complementary

#48A9CD #CD4866 #CDAF48

monochromatic

#216279 #2E88A9 #48A9CD #78C0DA #A8D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#48A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9CD

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9CD	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.104 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dc',
    500: '#48a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9cd;
$custom-light: #89c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69189,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9CD

secondary

#D5AB9C

accent

#7147E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9CD

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

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