#48A3CF#48A3CF

#48A3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.108 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3CF
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 207)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -13.46, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 33.29, 246.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0655 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.108 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0278, 32.0743, 63.7859)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3CF #CF7448

analogous

#48CFB8 #48A3CF #485FCF

triadic

#48A3CF #CF48A3 #A3CF48

tetradic

#48A3CF #B848CF #CF7448 #5FCF48

square

#48A3CF #B848CF #CF7448 #5FCF48

split-complementary

#48A3CF #CF485F #CFB848

monochromatic

#215E7C #2D83AD #48A3CF #78BBDC #A9D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#48A3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#48A3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3CF

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3CF	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.108 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedd',
    500: '#48a3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3cf;
$custom-light: #89bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.556,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67871,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3CF

secondary

#D6AF9D

accent

#7946E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3CF

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

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