#48A5CD#48A5CD

#48A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.105 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5CD
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -15.18, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 32.33, 241.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0683 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.105 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1427, 32.6929, 62.6257)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5CD #CD7048

analogous

#48CDB3 #48A5CD #4863CD

triadic

#48A5CD #CD48A5 #A5CD48

tetradic

#48A5CD #B348CD #CD7048 #63CD48

square

#48A5CD #B348CD #CD7048 #63CD48

split-complementary

#48A5CD #CD4863 #CDB348

monochromatic

#215F79 #2E84A9 #48A5CD #78BDDA #A8D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#48A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#48A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5CD

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5CD	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.105 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdc',
    500: '#48a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5cd;
$custom-light: #89bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68249,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5CD

secondary

#D5AD9C

accent

#7547E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5CD

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

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