#48A3CD#48A3CD

#48A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.106 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3CD
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -14.11, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 32.66, 244.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0662 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.106 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7848, 31.9771, 62.5064)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3CD #CD7248

analogous

#48CDB4 #48A3CD #4861CD

triadic

#48A3CD #CD48A3 #A3CD48

tetradic

#48A3CD #B448CD #CD7248 #61CD48

square

#48A3CD #B448CD #CD7248 #61CD48

split-complementary

#48A3CD #CD4861 #CDB448

monochromatic

#215E79 #2E83A9 #48A3CD #78BBDA #A8D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#48A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3CD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3CD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.106 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedc',
    500: '#48a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3cd;
$custom-light: #89bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67781,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3CD

secondary

#D5AE9C

accent

#7847E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3CD

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

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