#48A4EB#48A4EB

#48A4EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.136 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A4EB
RGB	rgb(72, 164, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 30.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -4.77, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 43.84, 263.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0575 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.136 245)
XYZ	xyz(30.9376, 33.9234, 83.4985)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48A4EB #EB8F48

analogous

#48EBE1 #48A4EB #4852EB

triadic

#48A4EB #EB48A4 #A4EB48

tetradic

#48A4EB #E148EB #EB8F48 #52EB48

square

#48A4EB #E148EB #EB8F48 #52EB48

split-complementary

#48A4EB #EB4852 #EBE148

monochromatic

#1266A6 #1888DE #48A4EB #7FBFF1 #B6DBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#48A4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#48A4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A4EB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A4EB	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D96EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 164, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.136 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbef1',
    500: '#48a4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a4eb;
$custom-light: #8dbef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.135,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69457,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.33927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A4EB

secondary

#E7C3A8

accent

#6509DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A4EB

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