#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
RGBrgb(72, 162, 214)
HSLhsl(202, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(63.40, -10.64, -34.34)
CIE-LCHlch(63.40, 35.95, 252.78°)
OKLaboklab(67.96% -0.0621 -0.0965)
OKLCHoklch(67.96% 0.115 237.2)
XYZxyz(27.7257, 32.0705, 68.3343)
Luminance0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##48A2D61.002.837.417.41
#FFFFFF2.831.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4121.001.001.00
##0000007.4121.001.001.00

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

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#48A2D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva