#48A8D3#48A8D3

#48A8D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.109 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8D3
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 211)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -14.88, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 33.62, 243.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0692 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.109 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4283, 34.0831, 66.6959)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8D3 #D37348

analogous

#48D3B8 #48A8D3 #4862D3

triadic

#48A8D3 #D348A8 #A8D348

tetradic

#48A8D3 #B848D3 #D37348 #62D348

square

#48A8D3 #B848D3 #D37348 #62D348

split-complementary

#48A8D3 #D34862 #D3B848

monochromatic

#1F6381 #2B89B3 #48A8D3 #79BFDF #ABD7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48A8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#48A8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8D3

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8D3	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.109 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e0',
    500: '#48a8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8d3;
$custom-light: #8ac1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.561,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69219,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8D3

secondary

#D8B09E

accent

#7543E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8D3

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

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