#48A1E1#48A1E1

#48A1E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1E1
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 225)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 28.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -6.44, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 40.64, 260.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0576 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.127 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0028, 32.3006, 75.9257)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1E1 #E18848

analogous

#48E1D4 #48A1E1 #4854E1

triadic

#48A1E1 #E148A1 #A1E148

tetradic

#48A1E1 #D448E1 #E18848 #54E148

square

#48A1E1 #D448E1 #E18848 #54E148

split-complementary

#48A1E1 #E14854 #E1D448

monochromatic

#196296 #2184CB #48A1E1 #7DBCEA #B1D7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#48A1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1E1

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1E1	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F93E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcea',
    500: '#48a1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1e1;
$custom-light: #8bbcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.098,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68272,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1E1

secondary

#E1BDA4

accent

#8539EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1E1

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

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