#48A7D4#48A7D4

#48A7D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.110 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A7D4
RGB	rgb(72, 167, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 21.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -14.02, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 34.11, 245.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0679 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.11 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3702, 33.7656, 67.2968)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A7D4 #D47548

analogous

#48D4BB #48A7D4 #4861D4

triadic

#48A7D4 #D448A7 #A7D448

tetradic

#48A7D4 #BB48D4 #D47548 #61D448

square

#48A7D4 #BB48D4 #D47548 #61D448

split-complementary

#48A7D4 #D44861 #D4BB48

monochromatic

#1F6383 #2A88B4 #48A7D4 #7ABFE0 #ABD7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48A7D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#48A7D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7D4

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A7D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A7D4	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D97D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a7d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.110 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e1',
    500: '#48a7d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a7d4;
$custom-light: #8ac1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a7d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69031,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A7D4

secondary

#D9B29F

accent

#7743E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A7D4

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

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