#48B3DA#48B3DA

#48B3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3DA
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -18.49, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 34.08, 237.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0779 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.112 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4424, 38.6764, 72.1243)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3DA #DA6F48

analogous

#48DAB8 #48B3DA #486ADA

triadic

#48B3DA #DA48B3 #B3DA48

tetradic

#48B3DA #B848DA #DA6F48 #6ADA48

square

#48B3DA #B848DA #DA6F48 #6ADA48

split-complementary

#48B3DA #DA486A #DAB848

monochromatic

#1C6E8B #2696BE #48B3DA #7BC8E4 #AEDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48B3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#48B3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3DA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3DA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e5',
    500: '#48b3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3da;
$custom-light: #8bc9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72094,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3DA

secondary

#DDB1A1

accent

#6C3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3DA

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

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