#48A1DB#48A1DB

#48A1DB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.121 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1DB
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 219)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -8.44, -37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 38.17, 257.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0594 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.121 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1986, 31.9789, 71.6905)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1DB #DB8248

analogous

#48DBCB #48A1DB #4858DB

triadic

#48A1DB #DB48A1 #A1DB48

tetradic

#48A1DB #CB48DB #DB8248 #58DB48

square

#48A1DB #CB48DB #DB8248 #58DB48

split-complementary

#48A1DB #DB4858 #DBCB48

monochromatic

#1C608D #2683C0 #48A1DB #7BBBE5 #AED6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#48A1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1DB

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1DB	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7293DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.121 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce6',
    500: '#48a1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1db;
$custom-light: #8abce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.673,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67975,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1DB

secondary

#DDB9A2

accent

#823EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1DB

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

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