#48A0C8#48A0C8

#48A0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.102 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0C8
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -14.08, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 31.64, 243.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0649 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.102 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6645, 30.6868, 59.2030)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0C8 #C87048

analogous

#48C8B0 #48A0C8 #4860C8

triadic

#48A0C8 #C848A0 #A0C848

tetradic

#48A0C8 #B048C8 #C87048 #60C848

square

#48A0C8 #B048C8 #C87048 #60C848

split-complementary

#48A0C8 #C84860 #C8B048

monochromatic

#235A73 #317FA2 #48A0C8 #77B8D6 #A6D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#48A0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#48A0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0C8

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0C8	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.102 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcd8',
    500: '#48a0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0c8;
$custom-light: #88bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66853,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0C8

secondary

#D1AC9A

accent

#784BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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