#48A9D7#48A9D7

#48A9D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.112 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9D7
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 215)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -14.13, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 34.67, 245.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0688 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.112 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1214, 34.6568, 69.4315)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9D7 #D77648

analogous

#48D7BE #48A9D7 #4862D7

triadic

#48A9D7 #D748A9 #A9D748

tetradic

#48A9D7 #BE48D7 #D77648 #62D748

square

#48A9D7 #BE48D7 #D77648 #62D748

split-complementary

#48A9D7 #D74862 #D7BE48

monochromatic

#1E6587 #298BB9 #48A9D7 #7AC1E2 #ACD8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#48A9D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#48A9D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9D7

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9D7	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E99D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.112 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2e3',
    500: '#48a9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9d7;
$custom-light: #8ac2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.301,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69632,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9D7

secondary

#DBB3A0

accent

#7641E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9D7

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

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