#48A3D3#48A3D3

#48A3D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.111 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3D3
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 211)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -12.17, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 34.62, 249.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0641 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.111 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5230, 32.2723, 66.3941)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3D3 #D37848

analogous

#48D3BD #48A3D3 #485ED3

triadic

#48A3D3 #D348A3 #A3D348

tetradic

#48A3D3 #BD48D3 #D37848 #5ED348

square

#48A3D3 #BD48D3 #D37848 #5ED348

split-complementary

#48A3D3 #D3485E #D3BD48

monochromatic

#1F6081 #2B84B3 #48A3D3 #79BCDF #ABD5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#48A3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D3

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3D3	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7994D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.111 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bee0',
    500: '#48a3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3d3;
$custom-light: #89bee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.719,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68055,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3D3

secondary

#D8B29E

accent

#7B43E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D3

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

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