#48A2DC#48A2DC

#48A2DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2DC
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -8.67, -37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 38.25, 256.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0601 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.121 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5061, 32.3826, 72.4444)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2DC #DC8248

analogous

#48DCCC #48A2DC #4858DC

triadic

#48A2DC #DC48A2 #A2DC48

tetradic

#48A2DC #CC48DC #DC8248 #58DC48

square

#48A2DC #CC48DC #DC8248 #58DC48

split-complementary

#48A2DC #DC4858 #DCCC48

monochromatic

#1B618E #2584C2 #48A2DC #7BBCE6 #AFD6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#48A2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#48A2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2DC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2DC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbde7',
    500: '#48a2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2dc;
$custom-light: #8bbde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.514,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68253,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2DC

secondary

#DEB9A2

accent

#813DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2DC

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

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