#48A2D1#48A2D1

#48A2D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.110 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2D1
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 209)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -12.27, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 34.16, 248.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0638 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.11 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0970, 31.8190, 65.0229)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2D1 #D17748

analogous

#48D1BB #48A2D1 #485DD1

triadic

#48A2D1 #D148A2 #A2D148

tetradic

#48A2D1 #BB48D1 #D17748 #5DD148

square

#48A2D1 #BB48D1 #D17748 #5DD148

split-complementary

#48A2D1 #D1485D #D1BB48

monochromatic

#205E7F #2C83B0 #48A2D1 #79BBDD #AAD4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#48A2D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#48A2D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2D1

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2D1	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA1D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7893D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.110 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bddf',
    500: '#48a2d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2d1;
$custom-light: #89bddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.584,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6773,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2D1

secondary

#D7B19E

accent

#7B45E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2D1

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

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