#48A1C8#48A1C8

#48A1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.102 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1C8
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -14.62, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 31.48, 242.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0659 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.102 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8386, 31.0349, 59.2610)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1C8 #C86F48

analogous

#48C8AF #48A1C8 #4861C8

triadic

#48A1C8 #C848A1 #A1C848

tetradic

#48A1C8 #AF48C8 #C86F48 #61C848

square

#48A1C8 #AF48C8 #C86F48 #61C848

split-complementary

#48A1C8 #C84861 #C8AF48

monochromatic

#235B73 #3180A2 #48A1C8 #77B9D6 #A6D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#48A1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#48A1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1C8

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1C8	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.102 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcd8',
    500: '#48a1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1c8;
$custom-light: #88bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.281,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67088,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1C8

secondary

#D1AB9A

accent

#774BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1C8

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

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