#48A6D3#48A6D3

#48A6D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6D3
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 211)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -13.80, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 33.98, 246.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0672 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.11 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0620, 33.3503, 66.5737)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6D3 #D37548

analogous

#48D3BA #48A6D3 #4861D3

triadic

#48A6D3 #D348A6 #A6D348

tetradic

#48A6D3 #BA48D3 #D37548 #61D348

square

#48A6D3 #BA48D3 #D37548 #61D348

split-complementary

#48A6D3 #D34861 #D3BA48

monochromatic

#1F6281 #2B87B3 #48A6D3 #79BEDF #ABD6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A6D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#48A6D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6D3

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6D3	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0e0',
    500: '#48a6d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6d3;
$custom-light: #89c0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.424,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68752,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6D3

secondary

#D8B19E

accent

#7843E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6D3

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

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