#48A1EF#48A1EF

#48A1EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.143 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1EF
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 239)
HSL	hsl(208, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 32.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -1.71, -46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 46.85, 267.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0535 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.143 248)
XYZ	xyz(30.9915, 33.0961, 86.3995)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1EF #EF9648

analogous

#48EFEA #48A1EF #484DEF

triadic

#48A1EF #EF48A1 #A1EF48

tetradic

#48A1EF #EA48EF #EF9648 #4DEF48

square

#48A1EF #EA48EF #EF9648 #4DEF48

split-complementary

#48A1EF #EF484D #EFEA48

monochromatic

#0F64AD #1484E6 #48A1EF #80BEF4 #B9DBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#48A1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1EF

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1EF	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6695ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.143 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcf4',
    500: '#48a1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1ef;
$custom-light: #8dbcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.024,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68996,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.33099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1EF

secondary

#E9C7AA

accent

#6C05E0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1EF

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

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