#48A9DB#48A9DB

#48A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9DB
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -12.84, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 35.98, 249.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0675 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.116 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6416, 34.8649, 72.1715)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9DB #DB7A48

analogous

#48DBC3 #48A9DB #4860DB

triadic

#48A9DB #DB48A9 #A9DB48

tetradic

#48A9DB #C348DB #DB7A48 #60DB48

square

#48A9DB #C348DB #DB7A48 #60DB48

split-complementary

#48A9DB #DB4860 #DBC348

monochromatic

#1C668D #268CC0 #48A9DB #7BC1E5 #AED9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#48A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9DB

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9DB	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D99DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e6',
    500: '#48a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9db;
$custom-light: #8bc2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.408,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9DB

secondary

#DDB6A2

accent

#783EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9DB

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

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