#48A2E7#48A2E7

#48A2E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.133 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2E7
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 231)
HSL	hsl(206, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 29.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -4.99, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 42.85, 263.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0567 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.133 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0111, 32.9846, 80.3708)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2E7 #E78D48

analogous

#48E7DD #48A2E7 #4852E7

triadic

#48A2E7 #E748A2 #A2E748

tetradic

#48A2E7 #DD48E7 #E78D48 #52E748

square

#48A2E7 #DD48E7 #E78D48 #52E748

split-complementary

#48A2E7 #E74852 #E7DD48

monochromatic

#1563A0 #1C85D6 #48A2E7 #7EBDEE #B4D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#48A2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2E7

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2E7	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D95E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.133 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdef',
    500: '#48a2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2e7;
$custom-light: #8cbdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.038,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68802,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2E7

secondary

#E4C1A6

accent

#8734F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2E7

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

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