#48A0D7#48A0D7

#48A0D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0D7
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 215)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 25.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -9.21, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 36.90, 255.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0597 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.117 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5043, 31.4227, 68.8925)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0D7 #D77F48

analogous

#48D7C7 #48A0D7 #4859D7

triadic

#48A0D7 #D748A0 #A0D748

tetradic

#48A0D7 #C748D7 #D77F48 #59D748

square

#48A0D7 #C748D7 #D77F48 #59D748

split-complementary

#48A0D7 #D74859 #D7C748

monochromatic

#1E5E87 #2982B9 #48A0D7 #7ABAE2 #ACD4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A0D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#48A0D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0D7

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0D7	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7392D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce3',
    500: '#48a0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0d7;
$custom-light: #8abce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67551,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0D7

secondary

#DBB7A0

accent

#8141E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0D7

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

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