#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
RGBrgb(72, 162, 220)
HSLhsl(204, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(204, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.66, -8.67, -37.26)
CIE-LCHlch(63.66, 38.25, 256.90°)
OKLaboklab(68.25% -0.0601 -0.105)
OKLCHoklch(68.25% 0.121 240.2)
XYZxyz(28.5061, 32.3826, 72.4444)
Luminance0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##48A2DC1.002.817.487.48
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4821.001.001.00
##0000007.4821.001.001.00

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

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#48A2DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva