#48A0D1#48A0D1

#48A0D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0D1
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 209)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, -11.17, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 34.64, 251.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0617 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.111 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7475, 31.1200, 64.9064)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0D1 #D17948

analogous

#48D1BE #48A0D1 #485BD1

triadic

#48A0D1 #D148A0 #A0D148

tetradic

#48A0D1 #BE48D1 #D17948 #5BD148

square

#48A0D1 #BE48D1 #D17948 #5BD148

split-complementary

#48A0D1 #D1485B #D1BE48

monochromatic

#205D7F #2C81B0 #48A0D1 #79B9DD #AAD3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#48A0D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#48A0D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0D1

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0D1	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7691D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdf',
    500: '#48a0d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0d1;
$custom-light: #89bcdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.46,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67266,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0D1

secondary

#D7B29E

accent

#7D45E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0D1

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

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