#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
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 235)
HSL	hsl(207, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -3.64, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 44.62, 265.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0556 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.138 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5825, 33.2132, 83.3802)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##48A2EB	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2EB

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