#48A1D5#48A1D5

#48A1D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.114 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A1D5
RGBrgb(72, 161, 213)
HSLhsl(202, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(63.07, -10.42, -34.30)
CIE-LCHlch(63.07, 35.85, 253.10°)
OKLaboklab(67.69% -0.0614 -0.0964)
OKLCHoklch(67.69% 0.114 237.5)
XYZxyz(27.4230, 31.6687, 67.6053)
Luminance0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A1D5 #D57C48
analogous
#48D5C3 #48A1D5 #485AD5
triadic
#48A1D5 #D548A1 #A1D548
tetradic
#48A1D5 #C348D5 #D57C48 #5AD548
square
#48A1D5 #C348D5 #D57C48 #5AD548
split-complementary
#48A1D5 #D5485A #D5C348
monochromatic
#1E5F84 #2A82B6 #48A1D5 #7ABBE0 #ACD4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86
#48A1D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33
#48A1D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1D5
7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A1D5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A1D51.002.867.337.33
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3321.001.001.00
##0000007.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#89A0D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7592D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a1d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.114 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce2',
    500: '#48a1d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a1d5;
$custom-light: #8abce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a1d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.128,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67686,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A1D5
secondary
#DAB59F
accent
#7E42E6
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1D5

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#48A1D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva