#48A3CB#48A3CB

#48A3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.104 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3CB
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -14.74, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 32.06, 242.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0669 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.104 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5449, 31.8811, 61.2431)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3CB #CB7048

analogous

#48CBB2 #48A3CB #4862CB

triadic

#48A3CB #CB48A3 #A3CB48

tetradic

#48A3CB #B248CB #CB7048 #62CB48

square

#48A3CB #B248CB #CB7048 #62CB48

split-complementary

#48A3CB #CB4862 #CBB248

monochromatic

#225D77 #2F82A6 #48A3CB #78BBD9 #A7D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#48A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#48A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3CB

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3CB	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.104 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bedb',
    500: '#48a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3cb;
$custom-light: #88bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67691,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3CB

secondary

#D3AD9B

accent

#7749DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3CB

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

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