#48A2CE#48A2CE

#48A2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.107 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2CE
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -13.24, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 33.16, 246.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0648 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.107 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7290, 31.6718, 63.0852)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2CE #CE7448

analogous

#48CEB7 #48A2CE #485FCE

triadic

#48A2CE #CE48A2 #A2CE48

tetradic

#48A2CE #B748CE #CE7448 #5FCE48

square

#48A2CE #B748CE #CE7448 #5FCE48

split-complementary

#48A2CE #CE485F #CEB748

monochromatic

#215D7B #2E82AB #48A2CE #78BBDB #A9D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#48A2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2CE

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2CE	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#8CA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.107 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bddd',
    500: '#48a2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2ce;
$custom-light: #89bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67593,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2CE

secondary

#D5AF9D

accent

#7947E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2CE

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

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