#48A5D5#48A5D5

#48A5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5D5
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 213)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 22.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -12.61, -32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 34.85, 248.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0655 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.112 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1332, 33.0891, 67.8421)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5D5 #D57848

analogous

#48D5BF #48A5D5 #485ED5

triadic

#48A5D5 #D548A5 #A5D548

tetradic

#48A5D5 #BF48D5 #D57848 #5ED548

square

#48A5D5 #BF48D5 #D57848 #5ED548

split-complementary

#48A5D5 #D5485E #D5BF48

monochromatic

#1E6284 #2A86B6 #48A5D5 #7ABDE0 #ACD6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#48A5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5D5

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5D5	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A95D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfe2',
    500: '#48a5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5d5;
$custom-light: #8abfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.426,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68612,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5D5

secondary

#DAB39F

accent

#7A42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5D5

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

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