#48A4D7#48A4D7

#48A4D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.115 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4D7
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 215)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 23.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -11.42, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 35.79, 251.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0638 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.115 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2089, 32.8319, 69.1273)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4D7 #D77B48

analogous

#48D7C3 #48A4D7 #485DD7

triadic

#48A4D7 #D748A4 #A4D748

tetradic

#48A4D7 #C348D7 #D77B48 #5DD748

square

#48A4D7 #C348D7 #D77B48 #5DD748

split-complementary

#48A4D7 #D7485D #D7C348

monochromatic

#1E6187 #2986B9 #48A4D7 #7ABDE2 #ACD6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48A4D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#48A4D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4D7

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4D7	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7895D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.115 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee3',
    500: '#48a4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4d7;
$custom-light: #8abee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.399,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68473,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4D7

secondary

#DBB5A0

accent

#7C41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4D7

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

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