#48A1DC#48A1DC

#48A1DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A1DC
RGBrgb(72, 161, 220)
HSLhsl(204, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(204, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.37, -8.11, -37.71)
CIE-LCHlch(63.37, 38.57, 257.86°)
OKLaboklab(68.02% -0.0591 -0.1063)
OKLCHoklch(68.02% 0.122 240.9)
XYZxyz(28.3307, 32.0317, 72.3859)
Luminance0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A1DC #DC8348
analogous
#48DCCD #48A1DC #4857DC
triadic
#48A1DC #DC48A1 #A1DC48
tetradic
#48A1DC #CD48DC #DC8348 #57DC48
square
#48A1DC #CD48DC #DC8348 #57DC48
split-complementary
#48A1DC #DC4857 #DCCD48
monochromatic
#1B608E #2583C2 #48A1DC #7BBBE6 #AFD6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84
#48A1DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41
#48A1DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1DC
7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A1DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A1DC1.002.847.417.41
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4121.001.001.00
##0000007.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#86A1DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7293DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 240.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce7',
    500: '#48a1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a1dc;
$custom-light: #8abce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.919,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68024,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A1DC
secondary
#DEBAA2
accent
#823DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#48A1DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva