#48A1D7#48A1D7

#48A1D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.116 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A1D7
RGBrgb(72, 161, 215)
HSLhsl(203, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(203, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 25.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.15, -9.76, -35.28)
CIE-LCHlch(63.15, 36.60, 254.53°)
OKLaboklab(67.78% -0.0607 -0.0992)
OKLCHoklch(67.78% 0.116 238.5)
XYZxyz(27.6784, 31.7708, 68.9505)
Luminance0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A1D7 #D77E48
analogous
#48D7C6 #48A1D7 #485AD7
triadic
#48A1D7 #D748A1 #A1D748
tetradic
#48A1D7 #C648D7 #D77E48 #5AD748
square
#48A1D7 #C648D7 #D77E48 #5AD748
split-complementary
#48A1D7 #D7485A #D7C648
monochromatic
#1E5F87 #2983B9 #48A1D7 #7ABBE2 #ACD5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86
#48A1D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35
#48A1D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1D7
7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A1D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A1D71.002.867.357.35
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3521.001.001.00
##0000007.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88A1D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7493D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.116 238.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce3',
    500: '#48a1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a1d7;
$custom-light: #8abce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.657,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67781,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A1D7
secondary
#DBB6A0
accent
#8041E7
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A1D7

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#48A1D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva