#48B1D7#48B1D7

#48B1D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B1D7
RGBrgb(72, 177, 215)
HSLhsl(196, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(196, 67%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.82, -18.39, -28.05)
CIE-LCHlch(67.82, 33.54, 236.76°)
OKLaboklab(71.5% -0.0769 -0.0784)
OKLCHoklch(71.5% 0.11 225.5)
XYZxyz(30.6554, 37.7250, 69.9429)
Luminance0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B1D7 #D76E48
analogous
#48D7B6 #48B1D7 #486AD7
triadic
#48B1D7 #D748B1 #B1D748
tetradic
#48B1D7 #B648D7 #D76E48 #6AD748
square
#48B1D7 #B648D7 #D76E48 #6AD748
split-complementary
#48B1D7 #D7486A #D7B648
monochromatic
#1E6B87 #2993B9 #48B1D7 #7AC6E2 #ACDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#48B1D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55
#48B1D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1D7
8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B1D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B1D71.002.468.558.55
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5521.001.001.00
##0000008.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CADD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#889FD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCBD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 225.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8e3',
    500: '#48b1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b1d7;
$custom-light: #8bc8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71497,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B1D7
secondary
#DBB0A0
accent
#6D41E7
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1D7

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#48B1D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva