#48A9CF#48A9CF

#48A9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.106 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9CF
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -16.69, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 32.36, 238.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0717 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.106 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1185, 34.2557, 64.1495)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9CF #CF6E48

analogous

#48CFB2 #48A9CF #4865CF

triadic

#48A9CF #CF48A9 #A9CF48

tetradic

#48A9CF #B248CF #CF6E48 #65CF48

square

#48A9CF #B248CF #CF6E48 #65CF48

split-complementary

#48A9CF #CF4865 #CFB248

monochromatic

#21627C #2D89AD #48A9CF #78C0DC #A9D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48A9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#48A9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9CF

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9CF	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.106 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dd',
    500: '#48a9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9cf;
$custom-light: #89c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.889,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69276,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9CF

secondary

#D6AD9D

accent

#7246E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9CF

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

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