#48A8CA#48A8CA

#48A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.102 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8CA
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -17.73, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 31.22, 235.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0725 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.102 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3315, 33.6444, 60.9193)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8CA #CA6A48

analogous

#48CAAB #48A8CA #4867CA

triadic

#48A8CA #CA48A8 #A8CA48

tetradic

#48A8CA #AB48CA #CA6A48 #67CA48

square

#48A8CA #AB48CA #CA6A48 #67CA48

split-complementary

#48A8CA #CA4867 #CAAB48

monochromatic

#226076 #3086A5 #48A8CA #77BFD8 #A7D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#48A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#48A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8CA

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8CA	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.102 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2da',
    500: '#48a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8ca;
$custom-light: #88c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68824,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8CA

secondary

#D3AA9B

accent

#7049DE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8CA

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

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