#48A4DC#48A4DC

#48A4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.120 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4DC
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -9.78, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 37.65, 254.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0621 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.12 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8612, 33.0929, 72.5628)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4DC #DC8048

analogous

#48DCCA #48A4DC #485ADC

triadic

#48A4DC #DC48A4 #A4DC48

tetradic

#48A4DC #CA48DC #DC8048 #5ADC48

square

#48A4DC #CA48DC #DC8048 #5ADC48

split-complementary

#48A4DC #DC485A #DCCA48

monochromatic

#1B638E #2586C2 #48A4DC #7BBEE6 #AFD7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#48A4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4DC

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4DC	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.120 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee7',
    500: '#48a4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4dc;
$custom-light: #8bbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68711,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4DC

secondary

#DEB9A2

accent

#7F3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4DC

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

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