#48A1D7#48A1D7

#48A1D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.116 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1D7
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 215)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 25.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -9.76, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 36.60, 254.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0607 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.116 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6784, 31.7708, 68.9505)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1D7 #D77E48

analogous

#48D7C6 #48A1D7 #485AD7

triadic

#48A1D7 #D748A1 #A1D748

tetradic

#48A1D7 #C648D7 #D77E48 #5AD748

square

#48A1D7 #C648D7 #D77E48 #5AD748

split-complementary

#48A1D7 #D7485A #D7C648

monochromatic

#1E5F87 #2983B9 #48A1D7 #7ABBE2 #ACD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A1D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#48A1D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1D7

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1D7	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7493D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.116 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce3',
    500: '#48a1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1d7;
$custom-light: #8abce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.657,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67781,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1D7

secondary

#DBB6A0

accent

#8041E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1D7

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

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