#48A1EB#48A1EB

#48A1EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.138 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1EB
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 235)
HSL	hsl(207, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -3.07, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 45.02, 266.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0546 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.138 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4071, 32.8623, 83.3217)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1EB #EB9248

analogous

#48EBE3 #48A1EB #484FEB

triadic

#48A1EB #EB48A1 #A1EB48

tetradic

#48A1EB #E348EB #EB9248 #4FEB48

square

#48A1EB #E348EB #EB9248 #4FEB48

split-complementary

#48A1EB #EB484F #EBE348

monochromatic

#1263A6 #1884DE #48A1EB #7FBDF1 #B6DAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#48A1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#48A1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1EB

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1EB	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6994EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.138 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcf2',
    500: '#48a1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1eb;
$custom-light: #8dbcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.239,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68784,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1EB

secondary

#E7C5A8

accent

#6909DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1EB

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