#48A2D3#48A2D3

#48A2D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.112 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A2D3
RGBrgb(72, 162, 211)
HSLhsl(201, 61%, 55%)
HSVhsv(201, 66%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.28, -11.62, -32.87)
CIE-LCHlch(63.28, 34.86, 250.52°)
OKLaboklab(67.82% -0.0631 -0.0923)
OKLCHoklch(67.82% 0.112 235.6)
XYZxyz(27.3461, 31.9186, 66.3351)
Luminance0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A2D3 #D37948
analogous
#48D3BE #48A2D3 #485CD3
triadic
#48A2D3 #D348A2 #A2D348
tetradic
#48A2D3 #BE48D3 #D37948 #5CD348
square
#48A2D3 #BE48D3 #D37948 #5CD348
split-complementary
#48A2D3 #D3485C #D3BE48
monochromatic
#1F5F81 #2B83B3 #48A2D3 #79BBDF #ABD4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84
#48A2D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38
#48A2D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2D3
7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A2D3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A2D31.002.847.387.38
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3821.001.001.00
##0000007.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BA1D5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7893D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a2d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.112 235.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bde0',
    500: '#48a2d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a2d3;
$custom-light: #89bde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a2d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.151,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67823,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A2D3
secondary
#D8B39E
accent
#7C43E4
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2D3

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#48A2D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva