#48A0D6#48A0D6

#48A0D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.116 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0D6
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 214)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -9.54, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 36.51, 254.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0601 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.116 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3762, 31.3715, 68.2178)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0D6 #D67E48

analogous

#48D6C5 #48A0D6 #4859D6

triadic

#48A0D6 #D648A0 #A0D648

tetradic

#48A0D6 #C548D6 #D67E48 #59D648

square

#48A0D6 #C548D6 #D67E48 #59D648

split-complementary

#48A0D6 #D64859 #D6C548

monochromatic

#1E5E86 #2981B8 #48A0D6 #7ABAE1 #ACD4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A0D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#48A0D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0D6

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0D6	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7492D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.116 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce3',
    500: '#48a0d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0d6;
$custom-light: #8abce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.817,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67503,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0D6

secondary

#DAB6A0

accent

#8041E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0D6

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

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