#48A5D9#48A5D9

#48A5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5D9
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 217)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -11.31, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 36.25, 251.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0641 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.116 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6471, 33.2947, 70.5490)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5D9 #D97C48

analogous

#48D9C4 #48A5D9 #485DD9

triadic

#48A5D9 #D948A5 #A5D948

tetradic

#48A5D9 #C448D9 #D97C48 #5DD948

square

#48A5D9 #C448D9 #D97C48 #5DD948

split-complementary

#48A5D9 #D9485D #D9C448

monochromatic

#1D638A #2787BD #48A5D9 #7BBEE4 #ADD7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#48A5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5D9

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5D9	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7896D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfe5',
    500: '#48a5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5d9;
$custom-light: #8abfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.517,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68798,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5D9

secondary

#DCB6A1

accent

#7C3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5D9

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

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