#48A3D8#48A3D8

#48A3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.116 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3D8
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -10.54, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 36.42, 253.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0624 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.116 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1595, 32.5270, 69.7467)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3D8 #D87D48

analogous

#48D8C5 #48A3D8 #485BD8

triadic

#48A3D8 #D848A3 #A3D848

tetradic

#48A3D8 #C548D8 #D87D48 #5BD848

square

#48A3D8 #C548D8 #D87D48 #5BD848

split-complementary

#48A3D8 #D8485B #D8C548

monochromatic

#1D6189 #2885BB #48A3D8 #7ABCE3 #ADD6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#48A3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#48A3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D8

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3D8	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7694D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.116 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee4',
    500: '#48a3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3d8;
$custom-light: #8abee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6829,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3D8

secondary

#DBB6A0

accent

#7E40E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D8

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

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