#48A3CC#48A3CC

#48A3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.105 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3CC
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -14.42, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 32.35, 243.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0666 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.105 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6645, 31.9289, 61.8727)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3CC #CC7148

analogous

#48CCB3 #48A3CC #4861CC

triadic

#48A3CC #CC48A3 #A3CC48

tetradic

#48A3CC #B348CC #CC7148 #61CC48

square

#48A3CC #B348CC #CC7148 #61CC48

split-complementary

#48A3CC #CC4861 #CCB348

monochromatic

#215D78 #2F82A8 #48A3CC #78BBD9 #A8D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#48A3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3CC

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3CC	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.105 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bedb',
    500: '#48a3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3cc;
$custom-light: #88bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67736,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3CC

secondary

#D4AD9C

accent

#7748E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3CC

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

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