#48A3DC#48A3DC

#48A3DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.120 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3DC
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -9.22, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 37.95, 255.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0611 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.12 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6830, 32.7363, 72.5034)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3DC #DC8148

analogous

#48DCCB #48A3DC #4859DC

triadic

#48A3DC #DC48A3 #A3DC48

tetradic

#48A3DC #CB48DC #DC8148 #59DC48

square

#48A3DC #CB48DC #DC8148 #59DC48

split-complementary

#48A3DC #DC4859 #DCCB48

monochromatic

#1B628E #2585C2 #48A3DC #7BBDE6 #AFD7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48A3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#48A3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3DC

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3DC	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.120 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee7',
    500: '#48a3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3dc;
$custom-light: #8bbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.108,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68482,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3DC

secondary

#DEB9A2

accent

#803DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3DC

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

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