#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
RGBrgb(72, 161, 226)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 58%)
HSVhsv(205, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.64, -6.11, -40.61)
CIE-LCHlch(63.64, 41.07, 261.44°)
OKLaboklab(68.32% -0.0573 -0.1147)
OKLCHoklch(68.32% 0.128 243.5)
XYZxyz(29.1396, 32.3553, 76.6463)
Luminance0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##48A1E21.002.817.477.47
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4721.001.001.00
##0000007.4721.001.001.00

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

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#48A1E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva