#48A3D7#48A3D7

#48A3D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.115 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3D7
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 215)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 24.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -10.87, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 36.05, 252.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0628 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.115 237)
XYZ	xyz(28.0307, 32.4754, 69.0679)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3D7 #D77C48

analogous

#48D7C4 #48A3D7 #485CD7

triadic

#48A3D7 #D748A3 #A3D748

tetradic

#48A3D7 #C448D7 #D77C48 #5CD748

square

#48A3D7 #C448D7 #D77C48 #5CD748

split-complementary

#48A3D7 #D7485C #D7C448

monochromatic

#1E6187 #2985B9 #48A3D7 #7ABCE2 #ACD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#48A3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#48A3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D7

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3D7	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7794D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.115 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee3',
    500: '#48a3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3d7;
$custom-light: #8abee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68242,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.32478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3D7

secondary

#DBB5A0

accent

#7D41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D7

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

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