#48A4E0#48A4E0

#48A4E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.124 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4E0
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 224)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -8.45, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 39.22, 257.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0608 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.124 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3973, 33.3073, 75.3862)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4E0 #E08448

analogous

#48E0D0 #48A4E0 #4858E0

triadic

#48A4E0 #E048A4 #A4E048

tetradic

#48A4E0 #D048E0 #E08448 #58E048

square

#48A4E0 #D048E0 #E08448 #58E048

split-complementary

#48A4E0 #E04858 #E0D048

monochromatic

#196494 #2287C9 #48A4E0 #7CBEE9 #B1D8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#48A4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4E0

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4E0	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7496DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.124 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbeea',
    500: '#48a4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4e0;
$custom-light: #8bbeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68905,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4E0

secondary

#E0BCA4

accent

#813AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4E0

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

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