#48A1D6#48A1D6

#48A1D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A1D6
RGBrgb(72, 161, 214)
HSLhsl(202, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(63.11, -10.09, -34.79)
CIE-LCHlch(63.11, 36.22, 253.82°)
OKLaboklab(67.73% -0.0611 -0.0978)
OKLCHoklch(67.73% 0.115 238)
XYZxyz(27.5503, 31.7196, 68.2758)
Luminance0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A1D6 #D67D48
analogous
#48D6C4 #48A1D6 #485AD6
triadic
#48A1D6 #D648A1 #A1D648
tetradic
#48A1D6 #C448D6 #D67D48 #5AD648
square
#48A1D6 #C448D6 #D67D48 #5AD648
split-complementary
#48A1D6 #D6485A #D6C448
monochromatic
#1E5F86 #2982B8 #48A1D6 #7ABBE1 #ACD4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86
#48A1D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34
#48A1D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1D6
7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A1D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A1D61.002.867.347.34
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3421.001.001.00
##0000007.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88A1D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7593D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a1d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 238.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce3',
    500: '#48a1d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a1d6;
$custom-light: #8abce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a1d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.394,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67734,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.31722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A1D6
secondary
#DAB5A0
accent
#7F41E6
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#48A1D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva