#48A4DF#48A4DF

#48A4DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.123 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4DF
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -8.78, -37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 38.82, 256.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0611 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.123 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2621, 33.2532, 74.6741)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4DF #DF8348

analogous

#48DFCF #48A4DF #4858DF

triadic

#48A4DF #DF48A4 #A4DF48

tetradic

#48A4DF #CF48DF #DF8348 #58DF48

square

#48A4DF #CF48DF #DF8348 #58DF48

split-complementary

#48A4DF #DF4858 #DFCF48

monochromatic

#1A6493 #2387C7 #48A4DF #7CBEE8 #B0D8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#48A4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4DF

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4DF	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7496DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.123 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee9',
    500: '#48a4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4df;
$custom-light: #8bbee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.444,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68856,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4DF

secondary

#E0BBA3

accent

#803BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4DF

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

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