#48A8D4#48A8D4

#48A8D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.110 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8D4
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -14.56, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 33.92, 244.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0689 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.11 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5541, 34.1334, 67.3581)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8D4 #D47448

analogous

#48D4BA #48A8D4 #4862D4

triadic

#48A8D4 #D448A8 #A8D448

tetradic

#48A8D4 #BA48D4 #D47448 #62D448

square

#48A8D4 #BA48D4 #D47448 #62D448

split-complementary

#48A8D4 #D44862 #D4BA48

monochromatic

#1F6383 #2A89B4 #48A8D4 #7AC0E0 #ABD7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#48A8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#48A8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8D4

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8D4	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.110 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e1',
    500: '#48a8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8d4;
$custom-light: #8ac1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69264,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8D4

secondary

#D9B19F

accent

#7643E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8D4

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

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