#48A4CA#48A4CA

#48A4CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.103 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4CA
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -15.60, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 31.63, 240.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0684 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.103 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6044, 32.1901, 60.6769)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4CA #CA6E48

analogous

#48CAAF #48A4CA #4863CA

triadic

#48A4CA #CA48A4 #A4CA48

tetradic

#48A4CA #AF48CA #CA6E48 #63CA48

square

#48A4CA #AF48CA #CA6E48 #63CA48

split-complementary

#48A4CA #CA4863 #CAAF48

monochromatic

#225D76 #3083A5 #48A4CA #77BCD8 #A7D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#48A4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4CA

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4CA	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.103 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfda',
    500: '#48a4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4ca;
$custom-light: #88bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67882,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4CA

secondary

#D3AB9B

accent

#7549DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4CA

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

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