#48A2D0#48A2D0

#48A2D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.109 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2D0
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 208)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 22.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -12.60, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 33.82, 248.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0641 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.109 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9735, 31.7696, 64.3729)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2D0 #D07648

analogous

#48D0BA #48A2D0 #485ED0

triadic

#48A2D0 #D048A2 #A2D048

tetradic

#48A2D0 #BA48D0 #D07648 #5ED048

square

#48A2D0 #BA48D0 #D07648 #5ED048

split-complementary

#48A2D0 #D0485E #D0BA48

monochromatic

#205E7D #2D82AE #48A2D0 #79BBDD #A9D3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#48A2D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#48A2D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2D0

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2D0	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA1D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7993CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.109 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bdde',
    500: '#48a2d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2d0;
$custom-light: #89bdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.294,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67684,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2D0

secondary

#D7B19D

accent

#7B45E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2D0

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

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