#48A1DD#48A1DD

#48A1DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.123 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1DD
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -7.78, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 38.98, 258.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0588 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.123 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4635, 32.0849, 73.0855)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1DD #DD8448

analogous

#48DDCF #48A1DD #4856DD

triadic

#48A1DD #DD48A1 #A1DD48

tetradic

#48A1DD #CF48DD #DD8448 #56DD48

square

#48A1DD #CF48DD #DD8448 #56DD48

split-complementary

#48A1DD #DD4856 #DDCF48

monochromatic

#1B6190 #2483C3 #48A1DD #7CBCE7 #AFD6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#48A1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#48A1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1DD

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1DD	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7193DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.123 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbce8',
    500: '#48a1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1dd;
$custom-light: #8bbce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.161,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68073,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1DD

secondary

#DEBBA2

accent

#833CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1DD

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

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