#48A9D3#48A9D3

#48A9D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.109 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9D3
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 211)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -15.42, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 33.46, 242.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0703 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.109 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6137, 34.4537, 66.7576)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9D3 #D37248

analogous

#48D3B7 #48A9D3 #4864D3

triadic

#48A9D3 #D348A9 #A9D348

tetradic

#48A9D3 #B748D3 #D37248 #64D348

square

#48A9D3 #B748D3 #D37248 #64D348

split-complementary

#48A9D3 #D34864 #D3B748

monochromatic

#1F6481 #2B8AB3 #48A9D3 #79C0DF #ABD7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48A9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#48A9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9D3

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9D3	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8098D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.109 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2e0',
    500: '#48a9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9d3;
$custom-light: #8ac2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.129,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69452,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9D3

secondary

#D8B09E

accent

#7443E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9D3

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

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