#48B5DC#48B5DC

#48B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B5DC
RGBrgb(72, 181, 220)
HSLhsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(196, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.18, -18.91, -28.70)
CIE-LCHlch(69.18, 34.37, 236.63°)
OKLaboklab(72.65% -0.0791 -0.0802)
OKLCHoklch(72.65% 0.113 225.4)
XYZxyz(32.1094, 39.5892, 73.6455)
Luminance0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B5DC #DC6F48
analogous
#48DCB9 #48B5DC #486BDC
triadic
#48B5DC #DC48B5 #B5DC48
tetradic
#48B5DC #B948DC #DC6F48 #6BDC48
square
#48B5DC #B948DC #DC6F48 #6BDC48
split-complementary
#48B5DC #DC486B #DCB948
monochromatic
#1B708E #2598C2 #48B5DC #7BCAE6 #AFDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#48B5DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92
#48B5DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5DC
8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B5DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B5DC1.002.358.928.92
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9221.001.001.00
##0000008.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0B1DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA2DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 225.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe7',
    500: '#48b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b5dc;
$custom-light: #8bcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72646,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B5DC
secondary
#DEB2A2
accent
#6B3DEB
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FC
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

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#48B5DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva