#48A8CB#48A8CB

#48A8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.103 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A8CB
RGB	rgb(72, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -17.42, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 31.46, 236.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0722 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.103 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4503, 33.6919, 61.5449)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A8CB #CB6B48

analogous

#48CBAD #48A8CB #4867CB

triadic

#48A8CB #CB48A8 #A8CB48

tetradic

#48A8CB #AD48CB #CB6B48 #67CB48

square

#48A8CB #AD48CB #CB6B48 #67CB48

split-complementary

#48A8CB #CB4867 #CBAD48

monochromatic

#226077 #2F87A6 #48A8CB #78BFD9 #A7D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#48A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#48A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A8CB

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A8CB	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.103 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2db',
    500: '#48a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a8cb;
$custom-light: #89c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68867,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A8CB

secondary

#D3AA9B

accent

#7149DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A8CB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →