#48A2C7#48A2C7

#48A2C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.101 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2C7
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 199)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -15.48, -26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 31.06, 240.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0674 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.101 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8976, 31.3392, 58.7060)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2C7 #C76D48

analogous

#48C7AC #48A2C7 #4862C7

triadic

#48A2C7 #C748A2 #A2C748

tetradic

#48A2C7 #AC48C7 #C76D48 #62C748

square

#48A2C7 #AC48C7 #C76D48 #62C748

split-complementary

#48A2C7 #C74862 #C7AC48

monochromatic

#235B72 #3180A1 #48A2C7 #77BAD5 #A6D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#48A2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2C7

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2C7	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D92C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.101 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bdd8',
    500: '#48a2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2c7;
$custom-light: #88bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67279,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2C7

secondary

#D1AA9A

accent

#764BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2C7

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

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