#48A4CE#48A4CE

#48A4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.106 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4CE
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -14.33, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 32.79, 244.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0669 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.106 231)
XYZ	xyz(27.0841, 32.3820, 63.2035)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4CE #CE7248

analogous

#48CEB5 #48A4CE #4861CE

triadic

#48A4CE #CE48A4 #A4CE48

tetradic

#48A4CE #B548CE #CE7248 #61CE48

square

#48A4CE #B548CE #CE7248 #61CE48

split-complementary

#48A4CE #CE4861 #CEB548

monochromatic

#215F7B #2E84AB #48A4CE #78BCDB #A9D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#48A4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4CE

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4CE	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.106 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdd',
    500: '#48a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4ce;
$custom-light: #89bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.806,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6806,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.32385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4CE

secondary

#D5AE9D

accent

#7747E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4CE

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

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