#48B9DA#48B9DA

#48B9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B9DA
RGBrgb(72, 185, 218)
HSLhsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.27, -21.60, -25.93)
CIE-LCHlch(70.27, 33.75, 230.20°)
OKLaboklab(73.5% -0.0839 -0.0723)
OKLCHoklch(73.5% 0.111 220.8)
XYZxyz(32.6712, 41.1340, 72.5339)
Luminance0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B9DA #DA6948
analogous
#48DAB2 #48B9DA #4870DA
triadic
#48B9DA #DA48B9 #B9DA48
tetradic
#48B9DA #B248DA #DA6948 #70DA48
square
#48B9DA #B248DA #DA6948 #70DA48
split-complementary
#48B9DA #DA4870 #DAB248
monochromatic
#1C728B #269CBE #48B9DA #7BCCE4 #AEE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#48B9DA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23
#48B9DA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9DA
9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B9DA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B9DA1.002.289.239.23
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2321.001.001.00
##0000009.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5B4DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A5DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 220.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee5',
    500: '#48b9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b9da;
$custom-light: #8ccee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.562,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73498,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B9DA
secondary
#DDAFA1
accent
#653FE9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FC
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8284

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#48B9DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva