#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
RGBrgb(72, 162, 213)
HSLhsl(202, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(63.36, -10.97, -33.85)
CIE-LCHlch(63.36, 35.58, 252.04°)
OKLaboklab(67.92% -0.0624 -0.0951)
OKLCHoklch(67.92% 0.114 236.7)
XYZxyz(27.5984, 32.0196, 67.6638)
Luminance0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##48A2D51.002.847.407.40
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4021.001.001.00
##0000007.4021.001.001.00

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

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#48A2D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva