#48B7D8#48B7D8

#48B7D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B7D8
RGBrgb(72, 183, 216)
HSLhsl(194, 65%, 56%)
HSVhsv(194, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.61, -21.19, -25.85)
CIE-LCHlch(69.61, 33.43, 230.65°)
OKLaboklab(72.95% -0.0826 -0.0721)
OKLCHoklch(72.95% 0.11 221.1)
XYZxyz(31.9956, 40.1991, 71.0254)
Luminance0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B7D8 #D86948
analogous
#48D8B1 #48B7D8 #486FD8
triadic
#48B7D8 #D848B7 #B7D848
tetradic
#48B7D8 #B148D8 #D86948 #6FD848
square
#48B7D8 #B148D8 #D86948 #6FD848
split-complementary
#48B7D8 #D8486F #D8B148
monochromatic
#1D7089 #2899BB #48B7D8 #7ACBE3 #ADDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#48B7D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04
#48B7D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7D8
9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B7D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B7D81.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3B2DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FA4D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b7d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 221.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce4',
    500: '#48b7d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b7d8;
$custom-light: #8bcce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b7d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B7D8
secondary
#DBAEA0
accent
#6640E8
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7D8

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#48B7D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva