#48A5CF#48A5CF

#48A5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.107 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5CF
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -14.55, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 32.92, 243.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0676 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.107 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3857, 32.7901, 63.9052)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5CF #CF7248

analogous

#48CFB6 #48A5CF #4861CF

triadic

#48A5CF #CF48A5 #A5CF48

tetradic

#48A5CF #B648CF #CF7248 #61CF48

square

#48A5CF #B648CF #CF7248 #61CF48

split-complementary

#48A5CF #CF4861 #CFB648

monochromatic

#21607C #2D85AD #48A5CF #78BDDC #A9D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#48A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5CF

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5CF	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.107 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdd',
    500: '#48a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5cf;
$custom-light: #89bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68339,
    "c": 0.10681,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5CF

secondary

#D6AF9D

accent

#7746E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5CF

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

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