#48A0CC#48A0CC

#48A0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.106 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A0CC
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -12.80, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 32.91, 247.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0635 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.106 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1381, 30.8762, 61.6972)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A0CC #CC7448

analogous

#48CCB6 #48A0CC #485ECC

triadic

#48A0CC #CC48A0 #A0CC48

tetradic

#48A0CC #B648CC #CC7448 #5ECC48

square

#48A0CC #B648CC #CC7448 #5ECC48

split-complementary

#48A0CC #CC485E #CCB648

monochromatic

#215B78 #2F80A8 #48A0CC #78B9D9 #A8D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#48A0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#48A0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A0CC

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A0CC	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.106 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcdb',
    500: '#48a0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a0cc;
$custom-light: #88bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67034,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A0CC

secondary

#D4AF9C

accent

#7B48E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A0CC

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

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