#48A3DD#48A3DD

#48A3DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.121 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3DD
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -8.89, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 38.34, 256.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0608 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.121 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8158, 32.7895, 73.2030)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3DD #DD8248

analogous

#48DDCD #48A3DD #4858DD

triadic

#48A3DD #DD48A3 #A3DD48

tetradic

#48A3DD #CD48DD #DD8248 #58DD48

square

#48A3DD #CD48DD #DD8248 #58DD48

split-complementary

#48A3DD #DD4858 #DDCD48

monochromatic

#1B6290 #2486C3 #48A3DD #7CBDE7 #AFD7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48A3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#48A3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3DD

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3DD	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.121 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee8',
    500: '#48a3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3dd;
$custom-light: #8bbee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.356,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3DD

secondary

#DEBAA2

accent

#803CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3DD

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

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