#48A9DC#48A9DC

#48A9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.117 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9DC
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -12.51, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 36.33, 249.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0671 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.117 235)
XYZ	xyz(29.7737, 34.9177, 72.8669)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9DC #DC7B48

analogous

#48DCC5 #48A9DC #485FDC

triadic

#48A9DC #DC48A9 #A9DC48

tetradic

#48A9DC #C548DC #DC7B48 #5FDC48

square

#48A9DC #C548DC #DC7B48 #5FDC48

split-complementary

#48A9DC #DC485F #DCC548

monochromatic

#1B678E #258CC2 #48A9DC #7BC1E6 #AFD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#48A9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#48A9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9DC

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9DC	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.117 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e7',
    500: '#48a9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9dc;
$custom-light: #8bc2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.676,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69861,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.34921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9DC

secondary

#DEB7A2

accent

#793DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9DC

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

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