#48A5E7#48A5E7

#48A5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.131 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5E7
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -6.68, -41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 41.76, 260.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0596 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.131 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5459, 34.0542, 80.5491)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5E7 #E78A48

analogous

#48E7DA #48A5E7 #4855E7

triadic

#48A5E7 #E748A5 #A5E748

tetradic

#48A5E7 #DA48E7 #E78A48 #55E748

square

#48A5E7 #DA48E7 #E78A48 #55E748

split-complementary

#48A5E7 #E74855 #E7DA48

monochromatic

#1566A0 #1C89D6 #48A5E7 #7EC0EE #B4DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48A5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#48A5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5E7

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5E7	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7197E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.131 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfef',
    500: '#48a5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5e7;
$custom-light: #8cbfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.906,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69479,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5E7

secondary

#E4C0A6

accent

#8434F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5E7

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

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