#48A3C8#48A3C8

#48A3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.102 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3C8
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -15.70, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 31.21, 239.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.068 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.102 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1909, 31.7395, 59.3784)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3C8 #C86D48

analogous

#48C8AD #48A3C8 #4863C8

triadic

#48A3C8 #C848A3 #A3C848

tetradic

#48A3C8 #AD48C8 #C86D48 #63C848

square

#48A3C8 #AD48C8 #C86D48 #63C848

split-complementary

#48A3C8 #C84863 #C8AD48

monochromatic

#235C73 #3181A2 #48A3C8 #77BBD6 #A6D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#48A3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3C8

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3C8	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.102 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bed8',
    500: '#48a3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3c8;
$custom-light: #88bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67559,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3C8

secondary

#D1AA9A

accent

#754BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3C8

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

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