#48A8DC#48A8DC

#48A8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A8DC
RGBrgb(72, 168, 220)
HSLhsl(201, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(201, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.39, -11.97, -34.55)
CIE-LCHlch(65.39, 36.57, 250.89°)
OKLaboklab(69.63% -0.0661 -0.0971)
OKLCHoklch(69.63% 0.117 235.7)
XYZxyz(29.5883, 34.5471, 72.8052)
Luminance0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A8DC #DC7C48
analogous
#48DCC6 #48A8DC #485EDC
triadic
#48A8DC #DC48A8 #A8DC48
tetradic
#48A8DC #C648DC #DC7C48 #5EDC48
square
#48A8DC #C648DC #DC7C48 #5EDC48
split-complementary
#48A8DC #DC485E #DCC648
monochromatic
#1B668E #258BC2 #48A8DC #7BC0E6 #AFD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#48A8DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91
#48A8DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8DC
7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A8DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A8DC1.002.657.917.91
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9121.001.001.00
##0000007.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FA7DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B98DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 235.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e7',
    500: '#48a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a8dc;
$custom-light: #8bc1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69631,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A8DC
secondary
#DEB7A2
accent
#7A3DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

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#48A8DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva