#48A2E8#48A2E8

#48A2E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.134 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2E8
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 30.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -4.66, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 43.29, 263.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0564 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.134 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1528, 33.0413, 81.1168)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2E8 #E88E48

analogous

#48E8DE #48A2E8 #4852E8

triadic

#48A2E8 #E848A2 #A2E848

tetradic

#48A2E8 #DE48E8 #E88E48 #52E848

square

#48A2E8 #DE48E8 #E88E48 #52E848

split-complementary

#48A2E8 #E84852 #E8DE48

monochromatic

#1464A1 #1B85D8 #48A2E8 #7EBEEF #B5D9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#48A2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#48A2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2E8

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2E8	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C95E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.134 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdef',
    500: '#48a2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2e8;
$custom-light: #8cbdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68853,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2E8

secondary

#E5C2A7

accent

#8834F4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2E8

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

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