#48A4DA#48A4DA

#48A4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4DA
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 218)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 24.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -10.43, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 36.89, 253.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0628 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.118 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5979, 32.9875, 71.1761)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4DA #DA7E48

analogous

#48DAC7 #48A4DA #485BDA

triadic

#48A4DA #DA48A4 #A4DA48

tetradic

#48A4DA #C748DA #DA7E48 #5BDA48

square

#48A4DA #C748DA #DA7E48 #5BDA48

split-complementary

#48A4DA #DA485B #DAC748

monochromatic

#1C628B #2686BE #48A4DA #7BBDE4 #AED7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#48A4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4DA

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4DA	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7795D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee5',
    500: '#48a4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4da;
$custom-light: #8abee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.192,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68615,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4DA

secondary

#DDB7A1

accent

#7E3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4DA

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

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