#48A5C8#48A5C8

#48A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.101 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A5C8
RGBrgb(72, 165, 200)
HSLhsl(196, 54%, 53%)
HSVhsv(196, 64%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(64%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(63.72, -16.77, -26.07)
CIE-LCHlch(63.72, 30.99, 237.25°)
OKLaboklab(68.03% -0.0701 -0.0728)
OKLCHoklch(68.03% 0.101 226.1)
XYZxyz(26.5488, 32.4553, 59.4977)
Luminance0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A5C8 #C86B48
analogous
#48C8AB #48A5C8 #4865C8
triadic
#48A5C8 #C848A5 #A5C848
tetradic
#48A5C8 #AB48C8 #C86B48 #65C848
square
#48A5C8 #AB48C8 #C86B48 #65C848
split-complementary
#48A5C8 #C84865 #C8AB48
monochromatic
#235D73 #3183A2 #48A5C8 #77BCD6 #A6D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80
#48A5C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49
#48A5C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5C8
7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A5C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A5C81.002.807.497.49
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4921.001.001.00
##0000007.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92A2CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8095C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AFB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.101 226.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd8',
    500: '#48a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a5c8;
$custom-light: #88bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6803,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A5C8
secondary
#D1A99A
accent
#734BDD
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0D1214
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#48A5C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva