#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
RGBrgb(72, 164, 218)
HSLhsl(202, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(202, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 24.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(64.15, -10.43, -35.38)
CIE-LCHlch(64.15, 36.89, 253.57°)
OKLaboklab(68.62% -0.0628 -0.0995)
OKLCHoklch(68.62% 0.118 237.8)
XYZxyz(28.5979, 32.9875, 71.1761)
Luminance0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##48A4DA1.002.767.607.60
#FFFFFF2.761.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6021.001.001.00
##0000007.6021.001.001.00

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

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#48A4DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva