#48A4D3#48A4D3

#48A4D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.111 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A4D3
RGBrgb(72, 164, 211)
HSLhsl(200, 61%, 55%)
HSVhsv(200, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.86, -12.72, -31.96)
CIE-LCHlch(63.86, 34.40, 248.30°)
OKLaboklab(68.29% -0.0651 -0.0897)
OKLCHoklch(68.29% 0.111 234)
XYZxyz(27.7012, 32.6289, 66.4535)
Luminance0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A4D3 #D37748
analogous
#48D3BC #48A4D3 #485ED3
triadic
#48A4D3 #D348A4 #A4D348
tetradic
#48A4D3 #BC48D3 #D37748 #5ED348
square
#48A4D3 #BC48D3 #D37748 #5ED348
split-complementary
#48A4D3 #D3485E #D3BC48
monochromatic
#1F6081 #2B85B3 #48A4D3 #79BDDF #ABD5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79
#48A4D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53
#48A4D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4D3
7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A4D3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A4D31.002.797.537.53
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5321.001.001.00
##0000007.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DA3D5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A95D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a4d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.111 234.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfe0',
    500: '#48a4d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a4d3;
$custom-light: #89bfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a4d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.288,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68287,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.32632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A4D3
secondary
#D8B29E
accent
#7A43E4
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#48A4D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva