#48A3E8#48A3E8

#48A3E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.133 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3E8
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 29.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -5.22, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 42.91, 263.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0574 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.133 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3296, 33.3950, 81.1757)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3E8 #E88D48

analogous

#48E8DD #48A3E8 #4853E8

triadic

#48A3E8 #E848A3 #A3E848

tetradic

#48A3E8 #DD48E8 #E88D48 #53E848

square

#48A3E8 #DD48E8 #E88D48 #53E848

split-complementary

#48A3E8 #E84853 #E8DD48

monochromatic

#1464A1 #1B86D8 #48A3E8 #7EBEEF #B5DAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48A3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#48A3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3E8

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3E8	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E95E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.133 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeef',
    500: '#48a3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3e8;
$custom-light: #8cbeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.875,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69078,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3E8

secondary

#E5C2A7

accent

#8734F4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3E8

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

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