#48A8D2#48A8D2

#48A8D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.108 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8D2
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 20%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -15.20, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 33.33, 242.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0696 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.108 230)
XYZ	xyz(28.3034, 34.0331, 66.0377)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8D2 #D27248

analogous

#48D2B7 #48A8D2 #4863D2

triadic

#48A8D2 #D248A8 #A8D248

tetradic

#48A8D2 #B748D2 #D27248 #63D248

square

#48A8D2 #B748D2 #D27248 #63D248

split-complementary

#48A8D2 #D24863 #D2B748

monochromatic

#206380 #2C89B1 #48A8D2 #79BFDE #AAD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#48A8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#48A8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8D2

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8D2	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F98D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.108 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1e0',
    500: '#48a8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8d2;
$custom-light: #89c1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69174,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.34036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8D2

secondary

#D8B09E

accent

#7544E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8D2

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

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