#48A3D1#48A3D1

#48A3D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.109 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3D1
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 209)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 22%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -12.82, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 33.94, 247.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0648 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.109 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2738, 32.1727, 65.0818)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3D1 #D17648

analogous

#48D1BA #48A3D1 #485FD1

triadic

#48A3D1 #D148A3 #A3D148

tetradic

#48A3D1 #BA48D1 #D17648 #5FD148

square

#48A3D1 #BA48D1 #D17648 #5FD148

split-complementary

#48A3D1 #D1485F #D1BA48

monochromatic

#205F7F #2C83B0 #48A3D1 #79BCDD #AAD4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A3D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#48A3D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D1

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3D1	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A94D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.109 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedf',
    500: '#48a3d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3d1;
$custom-light: #89bedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.146,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67963,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3D1

secondary

#D7B19E

accent

#7A45E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D1

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

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