#48A1E1#48A1E1

#48A1E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A1E1
RGBrgb(72, 161, 225)
HSLhsl(205, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(205, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 28.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.59, -6.44, -40.13)
CIE-LCHlch(63.59, 40.64, 260.88°)
OKLaboklab(68.27% -0.0576 -0.1133)
OKLCHoklch(68.27% 0.127 243.1)
XYZxyz(29.0028, 32.3006, 75.9257)
Luminance0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A1E1 #E18848
analogous
#48E1D4 #48A1E1 #4854E1
triadic
#48A1E1 #E148A1 #A1E148
tetradic
#48A1E1 #D448E1 #E18848 #54E148
square
#48A1E1 #D448E1 #E18848 #54E148
split-complementary
#48A1E1 #E14854 #E1D448
monochromatic
#196296 #2184CB #48A1E1 #7DBCEA #B1D7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81
#48A1E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46
#48A1E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1E1
7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A1E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A1E11.002.817.467.46
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4621.001.001.00
##0000007.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#84A2E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F93E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 243.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcea',
    500: '#48a1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a1e1;
$custom-light: #8bbcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.098,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68272,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A1E1
secondary
#E1BDA4
accent
#8539EF
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FD
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#48A1E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva