#48A9DC#48A9DC

#48A9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.117 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A9DC
RGBrgb(72, 169, 220)
HSLhsl(201, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(201, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.68, -12.51, -34.10)
CIE-LCHlch(65.68, 36.33, 249.85°)
OKLaboklab(69.86% -0.0671 -0.0958)
OKLCHoklch(69.86% 0.117 235)
XYZxyz(29.7737, 34.9177, 72.8669)
Luminance0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A9DC #DC7B48
analogous
#48DCC5 #48A9DC #485FDC
triadic
#48A9DC #DC48A9 #A9DC48
tetradic
#48A9DC #C548DC #DC7B48 #5FDC48
square
#48A9DC #C548DC #DC7B48 #5FDC48
split-complementary
#48A9DC #DC485F #DCC548
monochromatic
#1B678E #258CC2 #48A9DC #7BC1E6 #AFD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#48A9DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98
#48A9DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A9DC
7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A9DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A9DC1.002.637.987.98
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9821.001.001.00
##0000007.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#90A8DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C99DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.117 235.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc2e7',
    500: '#48a9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a9dc;
$custom-light: #8bc2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.676,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69861,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.34921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A9DC
secondary
#DEB7A2
accent
#793DEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F7FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

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#48A9DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva