#48A2D4#48A2D4

#48A2D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.113 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2D4
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 212)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 23.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -11.30, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 35.22, 251.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0628 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.113 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4719, 31.9689, 66.9974)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2D4 #D47A48

analogous

#48D4C0 #48A2D4 #485CD4

triadic

#48A2D4 #D448A2 #A2D448

tetradic

#48A2D4 #C048D4 #D47A48 #5CD448

square

#48A2D4 #C048D4 #D47A48 #5CD448

split-complementary

#48A2D4 #D4485C #D4C048

monochromatic

#1F5F83 #2A83B4 #48A2D4 #7ABBE0 #ABD4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#48A2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2D4

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2D4	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7793D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.113 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bde1',
    500: '#48a2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2d4;
$custom-light: #89bde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6787,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2D4

secondary

#D9B49F

accent

#7D43E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2D4

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

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