#48A3D5#48A3D5

#48A3D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.113 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A3D5
RGBrgb(72, 163, 213)
HSLhsl(201, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(201, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 23.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(63.65, -11.52, -33.39)
CIE-LCHlch(63.65, 35.32, 250.97°)
OKLaboklab(68.15% -0.0634 -0.0938)
OKLCHoklch(68.15% 0.113 235.9)
XYZxyz(27.7753, 32.3733, 67.7228)
Luminance0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A3D5 #D57A48
analogous
#48D5C1 #48A3D5 #485CD5
triadic
#48A3D5 #D548A3 #A3D548
tetradic
#48A3D5 #C148D5 #D57A48 #5CD548
square
#48A3D5 #C148D5 #D57A48 #5CD548
split-complementary
#48A3D5 #D5485C #D5C148
monochromatic
#1E6084 #2A84B6 #48A3D5 #7ABCE0 #ACD5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81
#48A3D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48
#48A3D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D5
7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A3D5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A3D51.002.817.487.48
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4821.001.001.00
##0000007.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BA2D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7894D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.113 235.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee2',
    500: '#48a3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a3d5;
$custom-light: #8abee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.277,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68148,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A3D5
secondary
#DAB49F
accent
#7C42E6
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#48A3D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva