#48A2CA#48A2CA

#48A2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.104 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2CA
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -14.52, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 31.92, 242.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0663 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.104 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2493, 31.4799, 60.5585)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2CA #CA7048

analogous

#48CAB1 #48A2CA #4861CA

triadic

#48A2CA #CA48A2 #A2CA48

tetradic

#48A2CA #B148CA #CA7048 #61CA48

square

#48A2CA #B148CA #CA7048 #61CA48

split-complementary

#48A2CA #CA4861 #CAB148

monochromatic

#225C76 #3081A5 #48A2CA #77BAD8 #A7D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#48A2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#48A2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2CA

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2CA	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.104 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bdda',
    500: '#48a2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2ca;
$custom-light: #88bdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67412,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2CA

secondary

#D3AC9B

accent

#7749DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2CA

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

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