#48B7DD#48B7DD

#48B7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7DD
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -19.63, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 34.44, 235.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0808 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.113 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6518, 40.4615, 74.4816)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7DD #DD6E48

analogous

#48DDB9 #48B7DD #486CDD

triadic

#48B7DD #DD48B7 #B7DD48

tetradic

#48B7DD #B948DD #DD6E48 #6CDD48

square

#48B7DD #B948DD #DD6E48 #6CDD48

split-complementary

#48B7DD #DD486C #DDB948

monochromatic

#1B7290 #249BC3 #48B7DD #7CCBE7 #AFE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48B7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#48B7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7DD

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7DD	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce7',
    500: '#48b7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7dd;
$custom-light: #8ccce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73156,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7DD

secondary

#DEB2A2

accent

#693CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7DD

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

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