#48A3D6#48A3D6

#48A3D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.114 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3D6
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 214)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 23.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -11.19, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 35.68, 251.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0631 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.114 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9026, 32.4242, 68.3933)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3D6 #D67B48

analogous

#48D6C2 #48A3D6 #485CD6

triadic

#48A3D6 #D648A3 #A3D648

tetradic

#48A3D6 #C248D6 #D67B48 #5CD648

square

#48A3D6 #C248D6 #D67B48 #5CD648

split-complementary

#48A3D6 #D6485C #D6C248

monochromatic

#1E6086 #2984B8 #48A3D6 #7ABCE1 #ACD5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A3D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#48A3D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D6

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3D6	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7794D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.114 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee2',
    500: '#48a3d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3d6;
$custom-light: #8abee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.549,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68195,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3D6

secondary

#DAB5A0

accent

#7D41E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D6

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

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