#48A1CA#48A1CA

#48A1CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.104 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1CA
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -13.98, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 32.08, 244.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0652 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.104 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0738, 31.1290, 60.5000)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1CA #CA7148

analogous

#48CAB2 #48A1CA #4860CA

triadic

#48A1CA #CA48A1 #A1CA48

tetradic

#48A1CA #B248CA #CA7148 #60CA48

square

#48A1CA #B248CA #CA7148 #60CA48

split-complementary

#48A1CA #CA4860 #CAB248

monochromatic

#225B76 #3080A5 #48A1CA #77B9D8 #A7D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#48A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#48A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1CA

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1CA	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.104 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcda',
    500: '#48a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1ca;
$custom-light: #88bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67178,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1CA

secondary

#D3AD9B

accent

#7849DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1CA

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

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