#48A2D6#48A2D6

#48A2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.115 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2D6
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 214)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -10.64, -34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 35.95, 252.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0621 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.115 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7257, 32.0705, 68.3343)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2D6 #D67C48

analogous

#48D6C3 #48A2D6 #485BD6

triadic

#48A2D6 #D648A2 #A2D648

tetradic

#48A2D6 #C348D6 #D67C48 #5BD648

square

#48A2D6 #C348D6 #D67C48 #5BD648

split-complementary

#48A2D6 #D6485B #D6C348

monochromatic

#1E6086 #2983B8 #48A2D6 #7ABBE1 #ACD5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#48A2D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#48A2D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2D6

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2D6	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7693D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.115 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abde3',
    500: '#48a2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2d6;
$custom-light: #8abde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.972,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67964,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2D6

secondary

#DAB5A0

accent

#7E41E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2D6

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

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