#48A1EF#48A1EF

#48A1EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.143 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A1EF
RGBrgb(72, 161, 239)
HSLhsl(208, 84%, 61%)
HSVhsv(208, 70%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 32.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(64.24, -1.71, -46.82)
CIE-LCHlch(64.24, 46.85, 267.90°)
OKLaboklab(69% -0.0535 -0.1327)
OKLCHoklch(69% 0.143 248)
XYZxyz(30.9915, 33.0961, 86.3995)
Luminance0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A1EF #EF9648
analogous
#48EFEA #48A1EF #484DEF
triadic
#48A1EF #EF48A1 #A1EF48
tetradic
#48A1EF #EA48EF #EF9648 #4DEF48
square
#48A1EF #EA48EF #EF9648 #4DEF48
split-complementary
#48A1EF #EF484D #EFEA48
monochromatic
#0F64AD #1484E6 #48A1EF #80BEF4 #B9DBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76
#48A1EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62
#48A1EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A1EF
7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A1EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A1EF1.002.767.627.62
#FFFFFF2.761.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6221.001.001.00
##0000007.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7EA4F2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6695ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 161, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.143 248.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcf4',
    500: '#48a1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a1ef;
$custom-light: #8dbcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.024,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68996,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.33099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A1EF
secondary
#E9C7AA
accent
#6C05E0
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

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#48A1EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva