#48A1EE#48A1EE

#48A1EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.142 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1EE
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 32.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -2.05, -46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 46.39, 267.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0538 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.142 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8441, 33.0371, 85.6236)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1EE #EE9548

analogous

#48EEE8 #48A1EE #484EEE

triadic

#48A1EE #EE48A1 #A1EE48

tetradic

#48A1EE #E848EE #EE9548 #4EEE48

square

#48A1EE #E848EE #EE9548 #4EEE48

split-complementary

#48A1EE #EE484E #EEE848

monochromatic

#1063AC #1584E4 #48A1EE #80BEF3 #B8DBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A1EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#48A1EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1EE

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1EE	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6795ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.142 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcf4',
    500: '#48a1ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1ee;
$custom-light: #8dbcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.831,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68942,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1EE

secondary

#E8C7A9

accent

#6B06DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1EE

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