#48A1CE#48A1CE

#48A1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.107 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1CE
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 21.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -12.70, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 33.37, 247.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0638 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.107 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5536, 31.3209, 63.0267)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1CE #CE7548

analogous

#48CEB8 #48A1CE #485ECE

triadic

#48A1CE #CE48A1 #A1CE48

tetradic

#48A1CE #B848CE #CE7548 #5ECE48

square

#48A1CE #B848CE #CE7548 #5ECE48

split-complementary

#48A1CE #CE485E #CEB848

monochromatic

#215D7B #2E81AB #48A1CE #78BADB #A9D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#48A1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1CE

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1CE	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.107 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdd',
    500: '#48a1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1ce;
$custom-light: #89bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.149,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67359,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1CE

secondary

#D5B09D

accent

#7B47E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1CE

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

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