#48A4DB#48A4DB

#48A4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.119 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4DB
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 219)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 25.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -10.10, -35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 37.27, 254.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0624 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.119 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7292, 33.0400, 71.8674)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4DB #DB7F48

analogous

#48DBC9 #48A4DB #485BDB

triadic

#48A4DB #DB48A4 #A4DB48

tetradic

#48A4DB #C948DB #DB7F48 #5BDB48

square

#48A4DB #C948DB #DB7F48 #5BDB48

split-complementary

#48A4DB #DB485B #DBC948

monochromatic

#1C638D #2686C0 #48A4DB #7BBDE5 #AED7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#48A4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4DB

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4DB	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.119 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee6',
    500: '#48a4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4db;
$custom-light: #8abee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.449,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68663,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4DB

secondary

#DDB8A2

accent

#7E3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4DB

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

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