#48A5DC#48A5DC

#48A5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.119 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A5DC
RGBrgb(72, 165, 220)
HSLhsl(202, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(202, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(64.53, -10.33, -35.91)
CIE-LCHlch(64.53, 37.36, 253.95°)
OKLaboklab(68.94% -0.0631 -0.101)
OKLCHoklch(68.94% 0.119 238)
XYZxyz(29.0409, 33.4522, 72.6227)
Luminance0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A5DC #DC7F48
analogous
#48DCC9 #48A5DC #485BDC
triadic
#48A5DC #DC48A5 #A5DC48
tetradic
#48A5DC #C948DC #DC7F48 #5BDC48
square
#48A5DC #C948DC #DC7F48 #5BDC48
split-complementary
#48A5DC #DC485B #DCC948
monochromatic
#1B648E #2588C2 #48A5DC #7BBEE6 #AFD8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73
#48A5DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69
#48A5DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5DC
7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A5DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A5DC1.002.737.697.69
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6921.001.001.00
##0000007.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BA5DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7796DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.119 238.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfe7',
    500: '#48a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a5dc;
$custom-light: #8bbfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.297,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68941,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.33455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A5DC
secondary
#DEB8A2
accent
#7E3DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

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#48A5DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva