#48A4CF#48A4CF

#48A4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4CF
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -14.01, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 33.10, 244.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0665 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.107 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2060, 32.4308, 63.8454)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4CF #CF7348

analogous

#48CFB7 #48A4CF #4861CF

triadic

#48A4CF #CF48A4 #A4CF48

tetradic

#48A4CF #B748CF #CF7348 #61CF48

square

#48A4CF #B748CF #CF7348 #61CF48

split-complementary

#48A4CF #CF4861 #CFB748

monochromatic

#215F7C #2D84AD #48A4CF #78BCDC #A9D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#48A4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#48A4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4CF

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4CF	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdd',
    500: '#48a4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4cf;
$custom-light: #89bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.111,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68105,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4CF

secondary

#D6AF9D

accent

#7846E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4CF

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

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