#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
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 211)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -12.72, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 34.40, 248.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0651 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.111 234)
XYZ	xyz(27.7012, 32.6289, 66.4535)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48A4D3	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48A4D3

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

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