#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
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 211)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -11.62, -32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 34.86, 250.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0631 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.112 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3461, 31.9186, 66.3351)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48A2D3	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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