#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
RGBrgb(72, 160, 239)
HSLhsl(208, 84%, 61%)
HSVhsv(208, 70%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 33.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.96, -1.14, -47.26)
CIE-LCHlch(63.96, 47.28, 268.62°)
OKLaboklab(68.77% -0.0526 -0.1341)
OKLCHoklch(68.77% 0.144 248.6)
XYZxyz(30.8174, 32.7480, 86.3415)
Luminance0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48A0EF1.002.787.557.55
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5521.001.001.00
##0000007.5521.001.001.00

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

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#48A0EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva