#48A3EB#48A3EB

#48A3EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.137 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A3EB
RGB	rgb(72, 163, 235)
HSL	hsl(207, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 30.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -4.21, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 44.23, 264.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0565 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.137 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7594, 33.5669, 83.4391)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A3EB #EB9048

analogous

#48EBE2 #48A3EB #4851EB

triadic

#48A3EB #EB48A3 #A3EB48

tetradic

#48A3EB #E248EB #EB9048 #51EB48

square

#48A3EB #E248EB #EB9048 #51EB48

split-complementary

#48A3EB #EB4851 #EBE248

monochromatic

#1265A6 #1886DE #48A3EB #7FBFF1 #B6DAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48A3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#48A3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3EB

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A3EB	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C96EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.137 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbef1',
    500: '#48a3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a3eb;
$custom-light: #8dbef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.503,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69232,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A3EB

secondary

#E7C4A8

accent

#6609DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3EB

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