#48A9D6#48A9D6

#48A9D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.111 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9D6
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 21%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -14.46, -31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 34.36, 245.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0692 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.111 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9933, 34.6056, 68.7568)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9D6 #D67548

analogous

#48D6BC #48A9D6 #4862D6

triadic

#48A9D6 #D648A9 #A9D648

tetradic

#48A9D6 #BC48D6 #D67548 #62D648

square

#48A9D6 #BC48D6 #D67548 #62D648

split-complementary

#48A9D6 #D64862 #D6BC48

monochromatic

#1E6586 #298AB8 #48A9D6 #7AC0E1 #ACD8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48A9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#48A9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9D6

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9D6	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.111 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2e2',
    500: '#48a9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9d6;
$custom-light: #8ac2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.014,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69587,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9D6

secondary

#DAB2A0

accent

#7641E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9D6

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

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