#48A5EB#48A5EB

#48A5EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.135 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5EB
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -5.33, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 43.46, 262.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0584 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.135 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1173, 34.2827, 83.5584)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5EB #EB8E48

analogous

#48EBE0 #48A5EB #4853EB

triadic

#48A5EB #EB48A5 #A5EB48

tetradic

#48A5EB #E048EB #EB8E48 #53EB48

square

#48A5EB #E048EB #EB8E48 #53EB48

split-complementary

#48A5EB #EB4853 #EBE048

monochromatic

#1267A6 #1889DE #48A5EB #7FC0F1 #B6DBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#48A5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#48A5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5EB

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5EB	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F97EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.135 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbff1',
    500: '#48a5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5eb;
$custom-light: #8dbff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.767,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69681,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5EB

secondary

#E7C3A8

accent

#6409DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5EB

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