#48A3D8#48A3D8

#48A3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.116 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A3D8
RGBrgb(72, 163, 216)
HSLhsl(202, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.78, -10.54, -34.86)
CIE-LCHlch(63.78, 36.42, 253.18°)
OKLaboklab(68.29% -0.0624 -0.098)
OKLCHoklch(68.29% 0.116 237.5)
XYZxyz(28.1595, 32.5270, 69.7467)
Luminance0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A3D8 #D87D48
analogous
#48D8C5 #48A3D8 #485BD8
triadic
#48A3D8 #D848A3 #A3D848
tetradic
#48A3D8 #C548D8 #D87D48 #5BD848
square
#48A3D8 #C548D8 #D87D48 #5BD848
split-complementary
#48A3D8 #D8485B #D8C548
monochromatic
#1D6189 #2885BB #48A3D8 #7ABCE3 #ADD6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80
#48A3D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51
#48A3D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A3D8
7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A3D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A3D81.002.807.517.51
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5121.001.001.00
##0000007.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8AA2DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7694D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 163, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.116 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee4',
    500: '#48a3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a3d8;
$custom-light: #8abee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6829,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A3D8
secondary
#DBB6A0
accent
#7E40E8
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A3D8

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#48A3D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva