#48A5D2#48A5D2

#48A5D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.109 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A5D2
RGB	rgb(72, 165, 210)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -13.58, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 33.86, 246.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0665 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.109 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7559, 32.9382, 65.8552)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A5D2 #D27548

analogous

#48D2BA #48A5D2 #4860D2

triadic

#48A5D2 #D248A5 #A5D248

tetradic

#48A5D2 #BA48D2 #D27548 #60D248

square

#48A5D2 #BA48D2 #D27548 #60D248

split-complementary

#48A5D2 #D24860 #D2BA48

monochromatic

#206180 #2C86B1 #48A5D2 #79BDDE #AAD5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#48A5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#48A5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5D2

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A5D2	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.109 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfe0',
    500: '#48a5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a5d2;
$custom-light: #89bfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.565,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68474,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A5D2

secondary

#D8B19E

accent

#7844E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A5D2

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

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