#48B3D7#48B3D7

#48B3D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3D7
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 215)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -19.43, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 33.39, 234.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.079 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.109 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0534, 38.5208, 70.0755)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3D7 #D76C48

analogous

#48D7B4 #48B3D7 #486CD7

triadic

#48B3D7 #D748B3 #B3D748

tetradic

#48B3D7 #B448D7 #D76C48 #6CD748

square

#48B3D7 #B448D7 #D76C48 #6CD748

split-complementary

#48B3D7 #D7486C #D7B448

monochromatic

#1E6D87 #2995B9 #48B3D7 #7AC8E2 #ACDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48B3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#48B3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3D7

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3D7	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e3',
    500: '#48b3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3d7;
$custom-light: #8bc9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.105,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71965,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3D7

secondary

#DBAFA0

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3D7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →