#48A5D3#48A5D3

#48A5D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.110 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5D3
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 211)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -13.26, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 34.18, 247.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0662 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.11 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8809, 32.9882, 66.5134)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5D3 #D37648

analogous

#48D3BB #48A5D3 #485FD3

triadic

#48A5D3 #D348A5 #A5D348

tetradic

#48A5D3 #BB48D3 #D37648 #5FD348

square

#48A5D3 #BB48D3 #D37648 #5FD348

split-complementary

#48A5D3 #D3485F #D3BB48

monochromatic

#1F6181 #2B86B3 #48A5D3 #79BDDF #ABD6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#48A5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5D3

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5D3	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B95D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.110 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfe0',
    500: '#48a5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5d3;
$custom-light: #89bfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6852,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5D3

secondary

#D8B29E

accent

#7943E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5D3

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

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