#48A0D4#48A0D4

#48A0D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.114 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0D4
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 212)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 24.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -10.19, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 35.75, 253.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0607 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.114 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1224, 31.2699, 66.8809)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0D4 #D47C48

analogous

#48D4C2 #48A0D4 #485AD4

triadic

#48A0D4 #D448A0 #A0D448

tetradic

#48A0D4 #C248D4 #D47C48 #5AD448

square

#48A0D4 #C248D4 #D47C48 #5AD448

split-complementary

#48A0D4 #D4485A #D4C248

monochromatic

#1F5E83 #2A81B4 #48A0D4 #7ABAE0 #ABD3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A0D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#48A0D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0D4

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0D4	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7492D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.114 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bce1',
    500: '#48a0d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0d4;
$custom-light: #89bce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67408,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0D4

secondary

#D9B49F

accent

#7F43E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0D4

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

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