#48A4DD#48A4DD

#48A4DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4DD
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -9.45, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 38.03, 255.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0618 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.121 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9941, 33.1460, 73.2624)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4DD #DD8148

analogous

#48DDCC #48A4DD #4859DD

triadic

#48A4DD #DD48A4 #A4DD48

tetradic

#48A4DD #CC48DD #DD8148 #59DD48

square

#48A4DD #CC48DD #DD8148 #59DD48

split-complementary

#48A4DD #DD4859 #DDCC48

monochromatic

#1B6390 #2487C3 #48A4DD #7CBEE7 #AFD7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#48A4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#48A4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4DD

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4DD	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7595DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee7',
    500: '#48a4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4dd;
$custom-light: #8bbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.953,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68759,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4DD

secondary

#DEB9A2

accent

#7F3CEC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4DD

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

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