#48A8D8#48A8D8

#48A8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A8D8
RGBrgb(72, 168, 216)
HSLhsl(200, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(200, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.23, -13.27, -32.60)
CIE-LCHlch(65.23, 35.20, 247.85°)
OKLaboklab(69.45% -0.0675 -0.0915)
OKLCHoklch(69.45% 0.114 233.6)
XYZxyz(29.0649, 34.3377, 70.0485)
Luminance0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A8D8 #D87848
analogous
#48D8C0 #48A8D8 #4860D8
triadic
#48A8D8 #D848A8 #A8D848
tetradic
#48A8D8 #C048D8 #D87848 #60D848
square
#48A8D8 #C048D8 #D87848 #60D848
split-complementary
#48A8D8 #D84860 #D8C048
monochromatic
#1D6589 #288ABB #48A8D8 #7AC0E3 #ADD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#48A8D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87
#48A8D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8D8
7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A8D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A8D81.002.677.877.87
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8721.001.001.00
##0000007.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A6DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D98D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 233.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1e4',
    500: '#48a8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a8d8;
$custom-light: #8ac1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69445,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A8D8
secondary
#DBB4A0
accent
#7840E8
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#48A8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva