#48A5E6#48A5E6

#48A5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.130 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A5E6
RGBrgb(72, 165, 230)
HSLhsl(205, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(205, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.96, -7.01, -40.74)
CIE-LCHlch(64.96, 41.34, 260.23°)
OKLaboklab(69.43% -0.0599 -0.115)
OKLCHoklch(69.43% 0.13 242.5)
XYZxyz(30.4051, 33.9979, 79.8074)
Luminance0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A5E6 #E68948
analogous
#48E6D8 #48A5E6 #4856E6
triadic
#48A5E6 #E648A5 #A5E648
tetradic
#48A5E6 #D848E6 #E68948 #56E648
square
#48A5E6 #D848E6 #E68948 #56E648
split-complementary
#48A5E6 #E64856 #E6D848
monochromatic
#16669E #1D89D4 #48A5E6 #7EBFED #B4DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69
#48A5E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80
#48A5E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A5E6
7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A5E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A5E61.002.697.807.80
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8021.001.001.00
##0000007.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#87A6E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7297E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.130 242.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfee',
    500: '#48a5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a5e6;
$custom-light: #8cbfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.684,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69429,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A5E6
secondary
#E4BFA6
accent
#8335F3
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#48A5E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva