#48A0CA#48A0CA

#48A0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.104 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0CA
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -13.44, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 32.26, 245.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.0642 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.104 232)
XYZ	xyz(25.8998, 30.7809, 60.4420)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0CA #CA7248

analogous

#48CAB3 #48A0CA #485FCA

triadic

#48A0CA #CA48A0 #A0CA48

tetradic

#48A0CA #B348CA #CA7248 #5FCA48

square

#48A0CA #B348CA #CA7248 #5FCA48

split-complementary

#48A0CA #CA485F #CAB348

monochromatic

#225B76 #307FA5 #48A0CA #77B9D8 #A7D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#48A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#48A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0CA

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0CA	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.104 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcda',
    500: '#48a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0ca;
$custom-light: #88bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66943,
    "c": 0.10423,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.30784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0CA

secondary

#D3AD9B

accent

#7A49DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0CA

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

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