#48A5CA#48A5CA

#48A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.103 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5CA
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -16.14, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 31.51, 239.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0694 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.103 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7841, 32.5494, 60.7368)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5CA #CA6D48

analogous

#48CAAE #48A5CA #4864CA

triadic

#48A5CA #CA48A5 #A5CA48

tetradic

#48A5CA #AE48CA #CA6D48 #64CA48

square

#48A5CA #AE48CA #CA6D48 #64CA48

split-complementary

#48A5CA #CA4864 #CAAE48

monochromatic

#225E76 #3084A5 #48A5CA #77BCD8 #A7D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#48A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#48A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5CA

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5CA	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.103 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfda',
    500: '#48a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5ca;
$custom-light: #88bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68117,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5CA

secondary

#D3AB9B

accent

#7449DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5CA

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

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