#48A9D4#48A9D4

#48A9D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.110 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9D4
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 20.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -15.10, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 33.75, 243.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0699 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.11 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7394, 34.5040, 67.4199)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9D4 #D47348

analogous

#48D4B9 #48A9D4 #4863D4

triadic

#48A9D4 #D448A9 #A9D448

tetradic

#48A9D4 #B948D4 #D47348 #63D448

square

#48A9D4 #B948D4 #D47348 #63D448

split-complementary

#48A9D4 #D44863 #D4B948

monochromatic

#1F6483 #2A8AB4 #48A9D4 #7AC0E0 #ABD8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48A9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#48A9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9D4

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9D4	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8098D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.110 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2e1',
    500: '#48a9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9d4;
$custom-light: #8ac2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69497,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9D4

secondary

#D9B19F

accent

#7543E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9D4

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

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