#48A2C8#48A2C8

#48A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.102 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2C8
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -15.16, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 31.34, 241.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.067 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.102 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0140, 31.3858, 59.3195)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2C8 #C86E48

analogous

#48C8AE #48A2C8 #4862C8

triadic

#48A2C8 #C848A2 #A2C848

tetradic

#48A2C8 #AE48C8 #C86E48 #62C848

square

#48A2C8 #AE48C8 #C86E48 #62C848

split-complementary

#48A2C8 #C84862 #C8AE48

monochromatic

#235B73 #3180A2 #48A2C8 #77BAD6 #A6D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#48A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#48A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2C8

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2C8	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.102 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bdd8',
    500: '#48a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2c8;
$custom-light: #88bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.813,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67323,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2C8

secondary

#D1AB9A

accent

#764BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2C8

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

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