#48A2CF#48A2CF

#48A2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.108 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2CF
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 207)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -12.92, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 33.49, 247.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0645 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.108 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8509, 31.7206, 63.7270)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2CF #CF7548

analogous

#48CFB9 #48A2CF #485FCF

triadic

#48A2CF #CF48A2 #A2CF48

tetradic

#48A2CF #B948CF #CF7548 #5FCF48

square

#48A2CF #B948CF #CF7548 #5FCF48

split-complementary

#48A2CF #CF485F #CFB948

monochromatic

#215E7C #2D82AD #48A2CF #78BBDC #A9D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#48A2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2CF

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2CF	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7993CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.108 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bddd',
    500: '#48a2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2cf;
$custom-light: #89bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67638,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2CF

secondary

#D6B09D

accent

#7A46E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2CF

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

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