#48ACC2#48ACC2

#48ACC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.097 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ACC2
RGB	rgb(72, 172, 194)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -22.28, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 29.87, 221.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0798 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.097 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1586, 34.7750, 56.3094)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ACC2 #C25E48

analogous

#48C29B #48ACC2 #486FC2

triadic

#48ACC2 #C248AC #ACC248

tetradic

#48ACC2 #9B48C2 #C25E48 #6FC248

square

#48ACC2 #9B48C2 #C25E48 #6FC248

split-complementary

#48ACC2 #C2486F #C29B48

monochromatic

#245F6C #33879A #48ACC2 #76C1D1 #A4D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#48ACC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#48ACC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ACC2

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ACC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ACC2	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48acc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 172, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.097 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5d4',
    500: '#48acc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48acc2;
$custom-light: #88c5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48acc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69444,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ACC2

secondary

#CEA298

accent

#674EDA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ACC2

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

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