#48A4CD#48A4CD

#48A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.105 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4CD
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -14.65, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 32.49, 243.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0673 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.105 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9631, 32.3336, 62.5658)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4CD #CD7148

analogous

#48CDB4 #48A4CD #4862CD

triadic

#48A4CD #CD48A4 #A4CD48

tetradic

#48A4CD #B448CD #CD7148 #62CD48

square

#48A4CD #B448CD #CD7148 #62CD48

split-complementary

#48A4CD #CD4862 #CDB448

monochromatic

#215E79 #2E84A9 #48A4CD #78BCDA #A8D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#48A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4CD

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4CD	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.105 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdc',
    500: '#48a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4cd;
$custom-light: #89bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.496,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68015,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4CD

secondary

#D5AE9C

accent

#7747E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4CD

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

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