#48A6D2#48A6D2

#48A6D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.109 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A6D2
RGB	rgb(72, 166, 210)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 21%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -14.12, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 33.67, 245.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0675 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.109 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9370, 33.3003, 65.9156)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A6D2 #D27448

analogous

#48D2B9 #48A6D2 #4861D2

triadic

#48A6D2 #D248A6 #A6D248

tetradic

#48A6D2 #B948D2 #D27448 #61D248

square

#48A6D2 #B948D2 #D27448 #61D248

split-complementary

#48A6D2 #D24861 #D2B948

monochromatic

#206180 #2C87B1 #48A6D2 #79BEDE #AAD6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#48A6D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#48A6D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A6D2

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A6D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A6D2	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a6d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 166, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.109 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0e0',
    500: '#48a6d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a6d2;
$custom-light: #89c0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a6d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68707,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A6D2

secondary

#D8B09E

accent

#7744E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A6D2

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

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