#48A1DC#48A1DC

#48A1DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1DC
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -8.11, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 38.57, 257.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0591 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.122 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3307, 32.0317, 72.3859)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1DC #DC8348

analogous

#48DCCD #48A1DC #4857DC

triadic

#48A1DC #DC48A1 #A1DC48

tetradic

#48A1DC #CD48DC #DC8348 #57DC48

square

#48A1DC #CD48DC #DC8348 #57DC48

split-complementary

#48A1DC #DC4857 #DCCD48

monochromatic

#1B608E #2583C2 #48A1DC #7BBBE6 #AFD6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#48A1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1DC

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1DC	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7293DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce7',
    500: '#48a1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1dc;
$custom-light: #8abce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.919,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68024,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1DC

secondary

#DEBAA2

accent

#823DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1DC

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

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