#48A1D6#48A1D6

#48A1D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1D6
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 214)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -10.09, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 36.22, 253.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0611 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.115 238)
XYZ	xyz(27.5503, 31.7196, 68.2758)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1D6 #D67D48

analogous

#48D6C4 #48A1D6 #485AD6

triadic

#48A1D6 #D648A1 #A1D648

tetradic

#48A1D6 #C448D6 #D67D48 #5AD648

square

#48A1D6 #C448D6 #D67D48 #5AD648

split-complementary

#48A1D6 #D6485A #D6C448

monochromatic

#1E5F86 #2982B8 #48A1D6 #7ABBE1 #ACD4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A1D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#48A1D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1D6

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1D6	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7593D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce3',
    500: '#48a1d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1d6;
$custom-light: #8abce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.394,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67734,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.31722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1D6

secondary

#DAB5A0

accent

#7F41E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1D6

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

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