#48A3D0#48A3D0

#48A3D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.108 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3D0
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 208)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -13.14, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 33.61, 246.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0652 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.108 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1504, 32.1233, 64.4318)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3D0 #D07548

analogous

#48D0B9 #48A3D0 #485FD0

triadic

#48A3D0 #D048A3 #A3D048

tetradic

#48A3D0 #B948D0 #D07548 #5FD048

square

#48A3D0 #B948D0 #D07548 #5FD048

split-complementary

#48A3D0 #D0485F #D0B948

monochromatic

#205F7D #2D83AE #48A3D0 #79BBDD #A9D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#48A3D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#48A3D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D0

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3D0	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A94CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.108 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bede',
    500: '#48a3d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3d0;
$custom-light: #89bede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67917,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3D0

secondary

#D7B09D

accent

#7945E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D0

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

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