#48A5CC#48A5CC

#48A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.104 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5CC
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -15.50, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 32.05, 241.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0687 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.104 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0224, 32.6448, 61.9920)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5CC #CC6F48

analogous

#48CCB1 #48A5CC #4863CC

triadic

#48A5CC #CC48A5 #A5CC48

tetradic

#48A5CC #B148CC #CC6F48 #63CC48

square

#48A5CC #B148CC #CC6F48 #63CC48

split-complementary

#48A5CC #CC4863 #CCB148

monochromatic

#215F78 #2F84A8 #48A5CC #78BDD9 #A8D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#48A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#48A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5CC

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5CC	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.104 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdb',
    500: '#48a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5cc;
$custom-light: #89bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68205,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5CC

secondary

#D4AC9C

accent

#7548E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5CC

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

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