#48A5C8#48A5C8

#48A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.101 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5C8
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -16.77, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 30.99, 237.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0701 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.101 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5488, 32.4553, 59.4977)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5C8 #C86B48

analogous

#48C8AB #48A5C8 #4865C8

triadic

#48A5C8 #C848A5 #A5C848

tetradic

#48A5C8 #AB48C8 #C86B48 #65C848

square

#48A5C8 #AB48C8 #C86B48 #65C848

split-complementary

#48A5C8 #C84865 #C8AB48

monochromatic

#235D73 #3183A2 #48A5C8 #77BCD6 #A6D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#48A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#48A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5C8

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5C8	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.101 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd8',
    500: '#48a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5c8;
$custom-light: #88bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6803,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5C8

secondary

#D1A99A

accent

#734BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5C8

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

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