#48A4C8#48A4C8

#48A4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.101 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4C8
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -16.23, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 31.09, 238.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0691 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.101 227)
XYZ	xyz(26.3691, 32.0960, 59.4379)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4C8 #C86C48

analogous

#48C8AC #48A4C8 #4864C8

triadic

#48A4C8 #C848A4 #A4C848

tetradic

#48A4C8 #AC48C8 #C86C48 #64C848

square

#48A4C8 #AC48C8 #C86C48 #64C848

split-complementary

#48A4C8 #C84864 #C8AC48

monochromatic

#235C73 #3182A2 #48A4C8 #77BBD6 #A6D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#48A4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#48A4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4C8

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4C8	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.101 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd8',
    500: '#48a4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4c8;
$custom-light: #88bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67794,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.32099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4C8

secondary

#D1AA9A

accent

#744BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4C8

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

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