#48A1E2#48A1E2

#48A1E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.128 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A1E2
RGB	rgb(72, 161, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -6.11, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 41.07, 261.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0573 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.128 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1396, 32.3553, 76.6463)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A1E2 #E28948

analogous

#48E2D6 #48A1E2 #4854E2

triadic

#48A1E2 #E248A1 #A1E248

tetradic

#48A1E2 #D648E2 #E28948 #54E248

square

#48A1E2 #D648E2 #E28948 #54E248

split-complementary

#48A1E2 #E24854 #E2D648

monochromatic

#186298 #2084CC #48A1E2 #7DBCEA #B2D7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#48A1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1E2

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A1E2	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E93E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.128 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbceb',
    500: '#48a1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a1e2;
$custom-light: #8bbceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.325,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68322,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A1E2

secondary

#E1BEA4

accent

#8638EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1E2

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

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