#48B3FC#48B3FC

#48B3FC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.143 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B3FC
RGBrgb(72, 179, 252)
HSLhsl(204, 97%, 64%)
HSVhsv(204, 71%, 99%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 29%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.92, -7.41, -44.96)
CIE-LCHlch(69.92, 45.57, 260.64°)
OKLaboklab(73.68% -0.0665 -0.1271)
OKLCHoklch(73.68% 0.144 242.4)
XYZxyz(36.3565, 40.6421, 98.0052)
Luminance0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B3FC #FC9148
analogous
#48FCEB #48B3FC #4859FC
triadic
#48B3FC #FC48B3 #B3FC48
tetradic
#48B3FC #EB48FC #FC9148 #59FC48
square
#48B3FC #EB48FC #FC9148 #59FC48
split-complementary
#48B3FC #FC4859 #FCEB48
monochromatic
#0377C6 #0C9AFB #48B3FC #84CCFD #C0E5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#48B3FC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13
#48B3FC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3FC
9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B3FC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B3FC1.002.309.139.13
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1321.001.001.00
##0000009.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91B4FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#79A3FB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b3fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 242.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9fd',
    500: '#48b3fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b3fc;
$custom-light: #90c9fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b3fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.333,
    "s": 96.774,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73678,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B3FC
secondary
#F0CAB0
accent
#5D00E6
background
#F9FCFF
surface
#F2F8FF
border
#CCD1D7
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

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#48B3FC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva