#48A9D2#48A9D2

#48A9D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A9D2
RGB	rgb(72, 169, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -15.74, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 33.17, 241.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0706 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.108 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4887, 34.4038, 66.0995)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A9D2 #D27148

analogous

#48D2B6 #48A9D2 #4864D2

triadic

#48A9D2 #D248A9 #A9D248

tetradic

#48A9D2 #B648D2 #D27148 #64D248

square

#48A9D2 #B648D2 #D27148 #64D248

split-complementary

#48A9D2 #D24864 #D2B648

monochromatic

#206380 #2C8AB1 #48A9D2 #79C0DE #AAD7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#48A9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#48A9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9D2

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A9D2	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2e0',
    500: '#48a9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a9d2;
$custom-light: #8ac2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69408,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A9D2

secondary

#D8AF9E

accent

#7444E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A9D2

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

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