#48A4E2#48A4E2

#48A4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4E2
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -7.79, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 40.03, 258.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0602 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.126 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6701, 33.4164, 76.8231)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4E2 #E28648

analogous

#48E2D3 #48A4E2 #4857E2

triadic

#48A4E2 #E248A4 #A4E248

tetradic

#48A4E2 #D348E2 #E28648 #57E248

square

#48A4E2 #D348E2 #E28648 #57E248

split-complementary

#48A4E2 #E24857 #E2D348

monochromatic

#186498 #2087CC #48A4E2 #7DBEEA #B2D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#48A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4E2

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4E2	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbeeb',
    500: '#48a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4e2;
$custom-light: #8bbeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.156,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69003,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4E2

secondary

#E1BDA4

accent

#8238EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4E2

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