#48A2D5#48A2D5

#48A2D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.114 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2D5
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 213)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -10.97, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 35.58, 252.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0624 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.114 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5984, 32.0196, 67.6638)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2D5 #D57B48

analogous

#48D5C1 #48A2D5 #485BD5

triadic

#48A2D5 #D548A2 #A2D548

tetradic

#48A2D5 #C148D5 #D57B48 #5BD548

square

#48A2D5 #C148D5 #D57B48 #5BD548

split-complementary

#48A2D5 #D5485B #D5C148

monochromatic

#1E5F84 #2A83B6 #48A2D5 #7ABBE0 #ACD5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#48A2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#48A2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2D5

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2D5	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7793D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.114 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abde2',
    500: '#48a2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2d5;
$custom-light: #8abde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67917,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2D5

secondary

#DAB49F

accent

#7D42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2D5

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

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