#48A3DB#48A3DB

#48A3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3DB
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 25.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -9.55, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 37.56, 255.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0614 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.119 239)
XYZ	xyz(28.5509, 32.6835, 71.8080)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3DB #DB8048

analogous

#48DBC9 #48A3DB #485ADB

triadic

#48A3DB #DB48A3 #A3DB48

tetradic

#48A3DB #C948DB #DB8048 #5ADB48

square

#48A3DB #C948DB #DB8048 #5ADB48

split-complementary

#48A3DB #DB485A #DBC948

monochromatic

#1C628D #2685C0 #48A3DB #7BBDE5 #AED6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#48A3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#48A3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3DB

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3DB	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee6',
    500: '#48a3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3db;
$custom-light: #8abee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68433,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.32687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3DB

secondary

#DDB8A2

accent

#7F3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3DB

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

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