#48A2D8#48A2D8

#48A2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2D8
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 25%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -9.99, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 36.70, 254.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0614 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.117 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9827, 32.1733, 69.6878)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2D8 #D87E48

analogous

#48D8C6 #48A2D8 #485AD8

triadic

#48A2D8 #D848A2 #A2D848

tetradic

#48A2D8 #C648D8 #D87E48 #5AD848

square

#48A2D8 #C648D8 #D87E48 #5AD848

split-complementary

#48A2D8 #D8485A #D8C648

monochromatic

#1D6089 #2884BB #48A2D8 #7ABCE3 #ADD5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#48A2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2D8

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2D8	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7593D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abde4',
    500: '#48a2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2d8;
$custom-light: #8abde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6806,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2D8

secondary

#DBB7A0

accent

#7F40E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2D8

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

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