#48A0D7#48A0D7

#48A0D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A0D7
RGBrgb(72, 160, 215)
HSLhsl(203, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(203, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 25.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(62.86, -9.21, -35.73)
CIE-LCHlch(62.86, 36.90, 255.55°)
OKLaboklab(67.55% -0.0597 -0.1005)
OKLCHoklch(67.55% 0.117 239.3)
XYZxyz(27.5043, 31.4227, 68.8925)
Luminance0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A0D7 #D77F48
analogous
#48D7C7 #48A0D7 #4859D7
triadic
#48A0D7 #D748A0 #A0D748
tetradic
#48A0D7 #C748D7 #D77F48 #59D748
square
#48A0D7 #C748D7 #D77F48 #59D748
split-complementary
#48A0D7 #D74859 #D7C748
monochromatic
#1E5E87 #2982B9 #48A0D7 #7ABAE2 #ACD4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88
#48A0D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29
#48A0D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0D7
7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A0D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A0D71.002.887.297.29
#FFFFFF2.881.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2921.001.001.00
##0000007.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#87A0DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7392D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 239.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce3',
    500: '#48a0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a0d7;
$custom-light: #8abce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67551,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A0D7
secondary
#DBB7A0
accent
#8141E7
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0D7

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#48A0D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva