#48A5CE#48A5CE

#48A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.106 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5CE
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -14.87, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 32.63, 242.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0679 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.106 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2638, 32.7413, 63.2634)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5CE #CE7148

analogous

#48CEB4 #48A5CE #4862CE

triadic

#48A5CE #CE48A5 #A5CE48

tetradic

#48A5CE #B448CE #CE7148 #62CE48

square

#48A5CE #B448CE #CE7148 #62CE48

split-complementary

#48A5CE #CE4862 #CEB448

monochromatic

#215F7B #2E85AB #48A5CE #78BDDB #A9D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#48A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5CE

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5CE	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.106 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdd',
    500: '#48a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5ce;
$custom-light: #89bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68294,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5CE

secondary

#D5AE9D

accent

#7647E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5CE

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

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