#48A3D5#48A3D5

#48A3D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.113 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3D5
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 23.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -11.52, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 35.32, 250.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0634 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.113 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7753, 32.3733, 67.7228)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3D5 #D57A48

analogous

#48D5C1 #48A3D5 #485CD5

triadic

#48A3D5 #D548A3 #A3D548

tetradic

#48A3D5 #C148D5 #D57A48 #5CD548

square

#48A3D5 #C148D5 #D57A48 #5CD548

split-complementary

#48A3D5 #D5485C #D5C148

monochromatic

#1E6084 #2A84B6 #48A3D5 #7ABCE0 #ACD5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A3D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#48A3D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D5

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3D5	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7894D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.113 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee2',
    500: '#48a3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3d5;
$custom-light: #8abee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.277,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68148,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3D5

secondary

#DAB49F

accent

#7C42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D5

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

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