#48A4E3#48A4E3

#48A4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4E3
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -7.46, -39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 40.44, 259.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0599 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.127 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8078, 33.4715, 77.5479)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4E3 #E38748

analogous

#48E3D4 #48A4E3 #4856E3

triadic

#48A4E3 #E348A4 #A4E348

tetradic

#48A4E3 #D448E3 #E38748 #56E348

square

#48A4E3 #D448E3 #E38748 #56E348

split-complementary

#48A4E3 #E34856 #E3D448

monochromatic

#176499 #2087CE #48A4E3 #7DBEEB #B2D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#48A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#48A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4E3

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4E3	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeec',
    500: '#48a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4e3;
$custom-light: #8cbeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.387,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69053,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4E3

secondary

#E2BEA5

accent

#8338F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4E3

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

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