#48A2CD#48A2CD

#48A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.106 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2CD
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -13.56, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 32.84, 245.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0652 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.106 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6079, 31.6234, 62.4474)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2CD #CD7348

analogous

#48CDB5 #48A2CD #4860CD

triadic

#48A2CD #CD48A2 #A2CD48

tetradic

#48A2CD #B548CD #CD7348 #60CD48

square

#48A2CD #B548CD #CD7348 #60CD48

split-complementary

#48A2CD #CD4860 #CDB548

monochromatic

#215D79 #2E82A9 #48A2CD #78BADA #A8D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#48A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#48A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2CD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2CD	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.106 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bddc',
    500: '#48a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2cd;
$custom-light: #89bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67547,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2CD

secondary

#D5AE9C

accent

#7947E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2CD

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

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