#48A2D7#48A2D7

#48A2D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.116 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2D7
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 215)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 24.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -10.32, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 36.32, 253.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0618 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.116 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8538, 32.1217, 69.0090)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2D7 #D77D48

analogous

#48D7C5 #48A2D7 #485BD7

triadic

#48A2D7 #D748A2 #A2D748

tetradic

#48A2D7 #C548D7 #D77D48 #5BD748

square

#48A2D7 #C548D7 #D77D48 #5BD748

split-complementary

#48A2D7 #D7485B #D7C548

monochromatic

#1E6087 #2984B9 #48A2D7 #7ABCE2 #ACD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#48A2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#48A2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2D7

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2D7	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7693D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.116 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abde3',
    500: '#48a2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2d7;
$custom-light: #8abde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.238,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68012,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2D7

secondary

#DBB6A0

accent

#7E41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2D7

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

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