#48A2C9#48A2C9

#48A2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.103 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2C9
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -14.84, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 31.63, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0666 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.103 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1313, 31.4327, 59.9370)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2C9 #C96F48

analogous

#48C9B0 #48A2C9 #4861C9

triadic

#48A2C9 #C948A2 #A2C948

tetradic

#48A2C9 #B048C9 #C96F48 #61C948

square

#48A2C9 #B048C9 #C96F48 #61C948

split-complementary

#48A2C9 #C94861 #C9B048

monochromatic

#225C74 #3081A4 #48A2C9 #77BAD7 #A7D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#48A2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2C9

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2C9	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.103 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bdd9',
    500: '#48a2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2c9;
$custom-light: #88bdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67368,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2C9

secondary

#D2AB9B

accent

#774ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2C9

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

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