#48A0CE#48A0CE

#48A0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.108 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0CE
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -12.15, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 33.59, 248.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0628 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.108 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3795, 30.9728, 62.9687)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0CE #CE7648

analogous

#48CEB9 #48A0CE #485DCE

triadic

#48A0CE #CE48A0 #A0CE48

tetradic

#48A0CE #B948CE #CE7648 #5DCE48

square

#48A0CE #B948CE #CE7648 #5DCE48

split-complementary

#48A0CE #CE485D #CEB948

monochromatic

#215C7B #2E80AB #48A0CE #78B9DB #A9D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#48A0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#48A0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0CE

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0CE	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.108 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdd',
    500: '#48a0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0ce;
$custom-light: #89bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.597,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67126,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0CE

secondary

#D5B09D

accent

#7C47E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0CE

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

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