#48A1D5#48A1D5

#48A1D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.114 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1D5
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 213)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -10.42, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 35.85, 253.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0614 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.114 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4230, 31.6687, 67.6053)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1D5 #D57C48

analogous

#48D5C3 #48A1D5 #485AD5

triadic

#48A1D5 #D548A1 #A1D548

tetradic

#48A1D5 #C348D5 #D57C48 #5AD548

square

#48A1D5 #C348D5 #D57C48 #5AD548

split-complementary

#48A1D5 #D5485A #D5C348

monochromatic

#1E5F84 #2A82B6 #48A1D5 #7ABBE0 #ACD4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A1D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#48A1D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1D5

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1D5	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7592D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.114 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce2',
    500: '#48a1d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1d5;
$custom-light: #8abce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.128,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67686,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1D5

secondary

#DAB59F

accent

#7E42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1D5

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

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