#48B3E1#48B3E1

#48B3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B3E1
RGBrgb(72, 179, 225)
HSLhsl(198, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(198, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.79, -16.27, -32.04)
CIE-LCHlch(68.79, 35.93, 243.08°)
OKLaboklab(72.4% -0.0753 -0.0898)
OKLCHoklch(72.4% 0.117 230)
XYZxyz(32.3778, 39.0506, 77.0507)
Luminance0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B3E1 #E17648
analogous
#48E1C2 #48B3E1 #4866E1
triadic
#48B3E1 #E148B3 #B3E148
tetradic
#48B3E1 #C248E1 #E17648 #66E148
square
#48B3E1 #C248E1 #E17648 #66E148
split-complementary
#48B3E1 #E14866 #E1C248
monochromatic
#197096 #2198CB #48B3E1 #7DC9EA #B1DFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#48B3E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81
#48B3E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3E1
8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B3E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B3E11.002.388.818.81
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8121.001.001.00
##0000008.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB0E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A1E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 230.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9ea',
    500: '#48b3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b3e1;
$custom-light: #8cc9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.039,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.39054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B3E1
secondary
#E1B6A4
accent
#7039EF
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#48B3E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva