#48A0EB#48A0EB

#48A0EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.139 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0EB
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 31.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -2.51, -45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 45.43, 266.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0537 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.139 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2330, 32.5142, 83.2637)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0EB #EB9348

analogous

#48EBE4 #48A0EB #484FEB

triadic

#48A0EB #EB48A0 #A0EB48

tetradic

#48A0EB #E448EB #EB9348 #4FEB48

square

#48A0EB #E448EB #EB9348 #4FEB48

split-complementary

#48A0EB #EB484F #EBE448

monochromatic

#1262A6 #1883DE #48A0EB #7FBDF1 #B6D9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#48A0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#48A0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0EB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0EB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6793EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.139 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbbf2',
    500: '#48a0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0eb;
$custom-light: #8dbbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.607,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68561,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0EB

secondary

#E7C5A8

accent

#6A09DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0EB

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

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