#48A2CC#48A2CC

#48A2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.105 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2CC
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -13.88, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 32.53, 244.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0655 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.105 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4876, 31.5752, 61.8137)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2CC #CC7248

analogous

#48CCB4 #48A2CC #4860CC

triadic

#48A2CC #CC48A2 #A2CC48

tetradic

#48A2CC #B448CC #CC7248 #60CC48

square

#48A2CC #B448CC #CC7248 #60CC48

split-complementary

#48A2CC #CC4860 #CCB448

monochromatic

#215D78 #2F81A8 #48A2CC #78BAD9 #A8D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#48A2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#48A2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2CC

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2CC	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.105 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bddb',
    500: '#48a2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2cc;
$custom-light: #88bddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67502,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2CC

secondary

#D4AE9C

accent

#7848E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2CC

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

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