#48A2D2#48A2D2

#48A2D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.111 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2D2
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 210)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -11.95, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 34.51, 249.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0635 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.111 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2211, 31.8687, 65.6769)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2D2 #D27848

analogous

#48D2BD #48A2D2 #485DD2

triadic

#48A2D2 #D248A2 #A2D248

tetradic

#48A2D2 #BD48D2 #D27848 #5DD248

square

#48A2D2 #BD48D2 #D27848 #5DD248

split-complementary

#48A2D2 #D2485D #D2BD48

monochromatic

#205E80 #2C83B1 #48A2D2 #79BBDE #AAD4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#48A2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#48A2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2D2

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2D2	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7893D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.111 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bde0',
    500: '#48a2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2d2;
$custom-light: #89bde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67777,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2D2

secondary

#D8B29E

accent

#7C44E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2D2

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

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