#48A0EF#48A0EF

#48A0EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.144 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0EF
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 239)
HSL	hsl(208, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 33.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -1.14, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 47.28, 268.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0526 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.144 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8174, 32.7480, 86.3415)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0EF #EF9748

analogous

#48EFEA #48A0EF #484CEF

triadic

#48A0EF #EF48A0 #A0EF48

tetradic

#48A0EF #EA48EF #EF9748 #4CEF48

square

#48A0EF #EA48EF #EF9748 #4CEF48

split-complementary

#48A0EF #EF484C #EFEA48

monochromatic

#0F63AD #1483E6 #48A0EF #80BDF4 #B9DAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#48A0EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#48A0EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0EF

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0EF	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6594ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.144 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbbf4',
    500: '#48a0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0ef;
$custom-light: #8dbbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.383,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68774,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0EF

secondary

#E9C8AA

accent

#6D05E0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0EF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →