#48A1D0#48A1D0

#48A1D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.109 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1D0
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 208)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -12.05, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 34.05, 249.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0631 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.109 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7981, 31.4187, 64.3144)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1D0 #D07748

analogous

#48D0BB #48A1D0 #485DD0

triadic

#48A1D0 #D048A1 #A1D048

tetradic

#48A1D0 #BB48D0 #D07748 #5DD048

square

#48A1D0 #BB48D0 #D07748 #5DD048

split-complementary

#48A1D0 #D0485D #D0BB48

monochromatic

#205D7D #2D81AE #48A1D0 #79BADD #A9D3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A1D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#48A1D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1D0

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1D0	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7892CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.109 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcde',
    500: '#48a1d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1d0;
$custom-light: #89bcde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.735,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67451,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1D0

secondary

#D7B19D

accent

#7C45E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1D0

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

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