#48A0D5#48A0D5

#48A0D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0D5
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 213)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -9.87, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 36.12, 254.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0604 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.115 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2489, 31.3206, 67.5473)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0D5 #D57D48

analogous

#48D5C3 #48A0D5 #4859D5

triadic

#48A0D5 #D548A0 #A0D548

tetradic

#48A0D5 #C348D5 #D57D48 #59D548

square

#48A0D5 #C348D5 #D57D48 #59D548

split-complementary

#48A0D5 #D54859 #D5C348

monochromatic

#1E5E84 #2A81B6 #48A0D5 #7ABAE0 #ACD4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A0D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#48A0D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0D5

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0D5	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7492D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bce2',
    500: '#48a0d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0d5;
$custom-light: #89bce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.553,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67455,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0D5

secondary

#DAB59F

accent

#8042E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0D5

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

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