#48A3CE#48A3CE

#48A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.107 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3CE
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -13.78, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 32.97, 245.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0659 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.107 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9059, 32.0255, 63.1441)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3CE #CE7348

analogous

#48CEB6 #48A3CE #4860CE

triadic

#48A3CE #CE48A3 #A3CE48

tetradic

#48A3CE #B648CE #CE7348 #60CE48

square

#48A3CE #B648CE #CE7348 #60CE48

split-complementary

#48A3CE #CE4860 #CEB648

monochromatic

#215E7B #2E83AB #48A3CE #78BBDB #A9D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#48A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3CE

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3CE	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.107 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedd',
    500: '#48a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3ce;
$custom-light: #89bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67826,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3CE

secondary

#D5AF9D

accent

#7847E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3CE

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

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