#48A5C2#48A5C2

#48A5C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.097 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5C2
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 194)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -18.64, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 29.66, 231.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0724 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.097 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8613, 32.1804, 55.8770)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5C2 #C26548

analogous

#48C2A2 #48A5C2 #4868C2

triadic

#48A5C2 #C248A5 #A5C248

tetradic

#48A5C2 #A248C2 #C26548 #68C248

square

#48A5C2 #A248C2 #C26548 #68C248

split-complementary

#48A5C2 #C24868 #C2A248

monochromatic

#245B6C #33819A #48A5C2 #76BCD1 #A4D2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#48A5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#48A5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5C2

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5C2	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8294C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.097 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd4',
    500: '#48a5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5c2;
$custom-light: #87bfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.262,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67775,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5C2

secondary

#CEA598

accent

#6F4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5C2

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

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