#48A2CB#48A2CB

#48A2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.104 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2CB
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -14.20, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 32.22, 243.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0659 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.104 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3681, 31.5274, 61.1841)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2CB #CB7148

analogous

#48CBB3 #48A2CB #4861CB

triadic

#48A2CB #CB48A2 #A2CB48

tetradic

#48A2CB #B348CB #CB7148 #61CB48

square

#48A2CB #B348CB #CB7148 #61CB48

split-complementary

#48A2CB #CB4861 #CBB348

monochromatic

#225C77 #2F81A6 #48A2CB #78BAD9 #A7D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#48A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#48A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2CB

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2CB	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.104 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bddb',
    500: '#48a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2cb;
$custom-light: #88bddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67457,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2CB

secondary

#D3AD9B

accent

#7849DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2CB

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

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