#48A3CA#48A3CA

#48A3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.103 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3CA
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -15.06, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 31.77, 241.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0673 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.103 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4261, 31.8336, 60.6175)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3CA #CA6F48

analogous

#48CAB0 #48A3CA #4862CA

triadic

#48A3CA #CA48A3 #A3CA48

tetradic

#48A3CA #B048CA #CA6F48 #62CA48

square

#48A3CA #B048CA #CA6F48 #62CA48

split-complementary

#48A3CA #CA4862 #CAB048

monochromatic

#225D76 #3082A5 #48A3CA #77BBD8 #A7D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#48A3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#48A3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3CA

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3CA	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.103 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88beda',
    500: '#48a3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3ca;
$custom-light: #88beda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67647,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3CA

secondary

#D3AC9B

accent

#7649DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3CA

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

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