#48A5D8#48A5D8

#48A5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5D8
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -11.64, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 35.90, 251.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0645 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.115 236)
XYZ	xyz(28.5175, 33.2428, 69.8660)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5D8 #D87B48

analogous

#48D8C3 #48A5D8 #485DD8

triadic

#48A5D8 #D848A5 #A5D848

tetradic

#48A5D8 #C348D8 #D87B48 #5DD848

square

#48A5D8 #C348D8 #D87B48 #5DD848

split-complementary

#48A5D8 #D8485D #D8C348

monochromatic

#1D6289 #2887BB #48A5D8 #7ABEE3 #ADD7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48A5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#48A5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5D8

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5D8	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfe4',
    500: '#48a5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5d8;
$custom-light: #8abfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.25,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68751,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5D8

secondary

#DBB5A0

accent

#7B40E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5D8

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

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