#48A9CE#48A9CE

#48A9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.105 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9CE
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -17.00, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 32.10, 238.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0721 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.105 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9966, 34.2069, 63.5077)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9CE #CE6D48

analogous

#48CEB0 #48A9CE #4866CE

triadic

#48A9CE #CE48A9 #A9CE48

tetradic

#48A9CE #B048CE #CE6D48 #66CE48

square

#48A9CE #B048CE #CE6D48 #66CE48

split-complementary

#48A9CE #CE4866 #CEB048

monochromatic

#21627B #2E88AB #48A9CE #78C0DB #A9D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#48A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9CE

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9CE	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.105 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dd',
    500: '#48a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9ce;
$custom-light: #89c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69232,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9CE

secondary

#D5AC9D

accent

#7147E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9CE

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

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