#48A4D1#48A4D1

#48A4D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.109 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4D1
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 209)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -13.36, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 33.73, 246.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0659 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.109 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4521, 32.5292, 65.1412)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4D1 #D17548

analogous

#48D1B9 #48A4D1 #4860D1

triadic

#48A4D1 #D148A4 #A4D148

tetradic

#48A4D1 #B948D1 #D17548 #60D148

square

#48A4D1 #B948D1 #D17548 #60D148

split-complementary

#48A4D1 #D14860 #D1B948

monochromatic

#20607F #2C84B0 #48A4D1 #79BCDD #AAD5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#48A4D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#48A4D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4D1

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4D1	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.109 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdf',
    500: '#48a4d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4d1;
$custom-light: #89bfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.708,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68196,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4D1

secondary

#D7B19E

accent

#7945E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4D1

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

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