#48A2EB#48A2EB

#48A2EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.138 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A2EB
RGBrgb(72, 162, 235)
HSLhsl(207, 80%, 60%)
HSVhsv(207, 69%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.33, -3.64, -44.47)
CIE-LCHlch(64.33, 44.62, 265.32°)
OKLaboklab(69.01% -0.0556 -0.1259)
OKLCHoklch(69.01% 0.138 246.2)
XYZxyz(30.5825, 33.2132, 83.3802)
Luminance0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A2EB #EB9148
analogous
#48EBE2 #48A2EB #4850EB
triadic
#48A2EB #EB48A2 #A2EB48
tetradic
#48A2EB #E248EB #EB9148 #50EB48
square
#48A2EB #E248EB #EB9148 #50EB48
split-complementary
#48A2EB #EB4850 #EBE248
monochromatic
#1264A6 #1885DE #48A2EB #7FBEF1 #B6DAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75
#48A2EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64
#48A2EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2EB
7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A2EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A2EB1.002.757.647.64
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6421.001.001.00
##0000007.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#81A5EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6A95EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.138 246.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdf2',
    500: '#48a2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a2eb;
$custom-light: #8dbdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.871,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69008,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A2EB
secondary
#E7C4A8
accent
#6809DD
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

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#48A2EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva