#48A7D3#48A7D3

#48A7D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.110 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7D3
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 211)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -14.34, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 33.80, 244.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0682 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.11 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2444, 33.7153, 66.6346)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7D3 #D37448

analogous

#48D3B9 #48A7D3 #4861D3

triadic

#48A7D3 #D348A7 #A7D348

tetradic

#48A7D3 #B948D3 #D37448 #61D348

square

#48A7D3 #B948D3 #D37448 #61D348

split-complementary

#48A7D3 #D34861 #D3B948

monochromatic

#1F6281 #2B88B3 #48A7D3 #79BFDF #ABD6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48A7D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#48A7D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7D3

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7D3	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E97D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.110 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e0',
    500: '#48a7d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7d3;
$custom-light: #8ac1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.993,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7D3

secondary

#D8B19E

accent

#7643E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7D3

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

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