#48A5E6#48A5E6

#48A5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.130 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5E6
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -7.01, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 41.34, 260.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0599 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.13 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4051, 33.9979, 79.8074)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5E6 #E68948

analogous

#48E6D8 #48A5E6 #4856E6

triadic

#48A5E6 #E648A5 #A5E648

tetradic

#48A5E6 #D848E6 #E68948 #56E648

square

#48A5E6 #D848E6 #E68948 #56E648

split-complementary

#48A5E6 #E64856 #E6D848

monochromatic

#16669E #1D89D4 #48A5E6 #7EBFED #B4DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48A5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#48A5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5E6

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5E6	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.130 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfee',
    500: '#48a5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5e6;
$custom-light: #8cbfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.684,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69429,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5E6

secondary

#E4BFA6

accent

#8335F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5E6

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

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