#48A0E2#48A0E2

#48A0E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.129 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0E2
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 29.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -5.55, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 41.43, 262.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0563 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.129 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9655, 32.0072, 76.5882)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0E2 #E28A48

analogous

#48E2D7 #48A0E2 #4853E2

triadic

#48A0E2 #E248A0 #A0E248

tetradic

#48A0E2 #D748E2 #E28A48 #53E248

square

#48A0E2 #D748E2 #E28A48 #53E248

split-complementary

#48A0E2 #E24853 #E2D748

monochromatic

#186198 #2083CC #48A0E2 #7DBBEA #B2D7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#48A0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0E2

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0E2	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D93E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.129 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbeb',
    500: '#48a0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0e2;
$custom-light: #8bbbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68096,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0E2

secondary

#E1BFA4

accent

#8738EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0E2

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

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