#48A0D3#48A0D3

#48A0D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.113 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0D3
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 211)
HSL	hsl(202, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -10.52, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 35.37, 252.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0611 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.113 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9966, 31.2196, 66.2186)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0D3 #D37B48

analogous

#48D3C0 #48A0D3 #485BD3

triadic

#48A0D3 #D348A0 #A0D348

tetradic

#48A0D3 #C048D3 #D37B48 #5BD348

square

#48A0D3 #C048D3 #D37B48 #5BD348

split-complementary

#48A0D3 #D3485B #D3C048

monochromatic

#1F5D81 #2B81B3 #48A0D3 #79BADF #ABD3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#48A0D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#48A0D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0D3

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0D3	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889FD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7592D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.113 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bce0',
    500: '#48a0d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0d3;
$custom-light: #89bce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.014,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6736,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0D3

secondary

#D8B49E

accent

#7E43E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0D3

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

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