#48A1D4#48A1D4

#48A1D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.113 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1D4
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 212)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 24.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -10.75, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 35.48, 252.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0617 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.113 237)
XYZ	xyz(27.2964, 31.6180, 66.9389)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1D4 #D47B48

analogous

#48D4C1 #48A1D4 #485BD4

triadic

#48A1D4 #D448A1 #A1D448

tetradic

#48A1D4 #C148D4 #D47B48 #5BD448

square

#48A1D4 #C148D4 #D47B48 #5BD448

split-complementary

#48A1D4 #D4485B #D4C148

monochromatic

#1F5E83 #2A82B4 #48A1D4 #7ABAE0 #ABD4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#48A1D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#48A1D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1D4

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1D4	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7692D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.113 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bce1',
    500: '#48a1d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1d4;
$custom-light: #89bce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67639,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.31621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1D4

secondary

#D9B49F

accent

#7E43E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1D4

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

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