#48A5DC#48A5DC

#48A5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.119 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5DC
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -10.33, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 37.36, 253.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0631 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.119 238)
XYZ	xyz(29.0409, 33.4522, 72.6227)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5DC #DC7F48

analogous

#48DCC9 #48A5DC #485BDC

triadic

#48A5DC #DC48A5 #A5DC48

tetradic

#48A5DC #C948DC #DC7F48 #5BDC48

square

#48A5DC #C948DC #DC7F48 #5BDC48

split-complementary

#48A5DC #DC485B #DCC948

monochromatic

#1B648E #2588C2 #48A5DC #7BBEE6 #AFD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48A5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#48A5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5DC

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5DC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7796DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.119 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfe7',
    500: '#48a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5dc;
$custom-light: #8bbfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.297,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68941,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.33455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5DC

secondary

#DEB8A2

accent

#7E3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5DC

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

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