#48A4D2#48A4D2

#48A4D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.110 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4D2
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 210)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -13.04, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 34.06, 247.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0655 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.11 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5763, 32.5789, 65.7953)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4D2 #D27648

analogous

#48D2BB #48A4D2 #485FD2

triadic

#48A4D2 #D248A4 #A4D248

tetradic

#48A4D2 #BB48D2 #D27648 #5FD248

square

#48A4D2 #BB48D2 #D27648 #5FD248

split-complementary

#48A4D2 #D2485F #D2BB48

monochromatic

#206080 #2C85B1 #48A4D2 #79BCDE #AAD5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#48A4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#48A4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4D2

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4D2	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B95D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.110 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfe0',
    500: '#48a4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4d2;
$custom-light: #89bfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68241,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4D2

secondary

#D8B19E

accent

#7944E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4D2

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

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