#48A4CB#48A4CB

#48A4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.104 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4CB
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -15.28, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 31.91, 241.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.068 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.104 229)
XYZ	xyz(26.7232, 32.2376, 61.3025)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4CB #CB6F48

analogous

#48CBB1 #48A4CB #4863CB

triadic

#48A4CB #CB48A4 #A4CB48

tetradic

#48A4CB #B148CB #CB6F48 #63CB48

square

#48A4CB #B148CB #CB6F48 #63CB48

split-complementary

#48A4CB #CB4863 #CBB148

monochromatic

#225E77 #2F83A6 #48A4CB #78BCD9 #A7D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#48A4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4CB

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4CB	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.104 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfdb',
    500: '#48a4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4cb;
$custom-light: #88bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67926,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.3224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4CB

secondary

#D3AC9B

accent

#7549DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4CB

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

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