#48A3D0#48A3D0

#48A3D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.108 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A3D0
RGBrgb(72, 163, 208)
HSLhsl(200, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(200, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(63.44, -13.14, -30.94)
CIE-LCHlch(63.44, 33.61, 246.99°)
OKLaboklab(67.92% -0.0652 -0.0867)
OKLCHoklch(67.92% 0.108 233.1)
XYZxyz(27.1504, 32.1233, 64.4318)
Luminance0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A3D0 #D07548
analogous
#48D0B9 #48A3D0 #485FD0
triadic
#48A3D0 #D048A3 #A3D048
tetradic
#48A3D0 #B948D0 #D07548 #5FD048
square
#48A3D0 #B948D0 #D07548 #5FD048
split-complementary
#48A3D0 #D0485F #D0B948
monochromatic
#205F7D #2D83AE #48A3D0 #79BBDD #A9D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83
#48A3D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43
#48A3D0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D0
7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A3D0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A3D01.002.837.437.43
#FFFFFF2.831.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4321.001.001.00
##0000007.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DA1D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A94CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a3d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.108 233.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bede',
    500: '#48a3d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a3d0;
$custom-light: #89bede;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a3d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67917,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A3D0
secondary
#D7B09D
accent
#7945E2
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D0

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#48A3D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva