#48A2FF#48A2FF

#48A2FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.161 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A2FF
RGB	rgb(72, 162, 255)
HSL	hsl(210, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(210, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 3.21, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 53.97, 273.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0503 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.161 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6361, 34.4346, 99.4622)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A2FF #FFA548

analogous

#48FDFF #48A2FF #4A48FF

triadic

#48A2FF #FF48A2 #A2FF48

tetradic

#48A2FF #FF48FD #FFA548 #48FF4A

square

#48A2FF #FF48FD #FFA548 #48FF4A

split-complementary

#48A2FF #FF4A48 #FDFF48

monochromatic

#0065CD #0B83FF #48A2FF #85C1FF #C2E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48A2FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#48A2FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A2FF

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A2FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A2FF	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C97FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a2ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 162, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.161 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bdff',
    500: '#48a2ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a2ff;
$custom-light: #90bdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a2ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.492,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7009,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A2FF

secondary

#F1D2B1

accent

#7500E6

background

#F9FBFF

surface

#F2F6FF

border

#CCD0D7

text

#0E1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A2FF

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

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