#48A5CB#48A5CB

#48A5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.103 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5CB
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -15.82, -27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 31.77, 240.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.069 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.103 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9028, 32.5970, 61.3624)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5CB #CB6E48

analogous

#48CBB0 #48A5CB #4864CB

triadic

#48A5CB #CB48A5 #A5CB48

tetradic

#48A5CB #B048CB #CB6E48 #64CB48

square

#48A5CB #B048CB #CB6E48 #64CB48

split-complementary

#48A5CB #CB4864 #CBB048

monochromatic

#225E77 #2F84A6 #48A5CB #78BCD9 #A7D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#48A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#48A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5CB

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5CB	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.103 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfdb',
    500: '#48a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5cb;
$custom-light: #88bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.405,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.10343,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5CB

secondary

#D3AC9B

accent

#7449DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5CB

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

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