#48A5D7#48A5D7

#48A5D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.114 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5D7
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 215)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 23.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -11.96, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 35.54, 250.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0648 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.114 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3886, 33.1913, 69.1872)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5D7 #D77A48

analogous

#48D7C2 #48A5D7 #485ED7

triadic

#48A5D7 #D748A5 #A5D748

tetradic

#48A5D7 #C248D7 #D77A48 #5ED748

square

#48A5D7 #C248D7 #D77A48 #5ED748

split-complementary

#48A5D7 #D7485E #D7C248

monochromatic

#1E6287 #2987B9 #48A5D7 #7ABEE2 #ACD6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48A5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#48A5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5D7

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5D7	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.114 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfe3',
    500: '#48a5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5d7;
$custom-light: #8abfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.979,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68705,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5D7

secondary

#DBB5A0

accent

#7B41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5D7

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

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