#48B0C7#48B0C7

#48B0C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B0C7
RGBrgb(72, 176, 199)
HSLhsl(191, 53%, 53%)
HSVhsv(191, 64%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(66.94, -22.82, -20.58)
CIE-LCHlch(66.94, 30.73, 222.06°)
OKLaboklab(70.6% -0.0821 -0.0572)
OKLCHoklch(70.6% 0.1 214.9)
XYZxyz(28.5024, 36.5489, 59.5743)
Luminance0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B0C7 #C75F48
analogous
#48C79E #48B0C7 #4870C7
triadic
#48B0C7 #C748B0 #B0C748
tetradic
#48B0C7 #9E48C7 #C75F48 #70C748
square
#48B0C7 #9E48C7 #C75F48 #70C748
split-complementary
#48B0C7 #C74870 #C79E48
monochromatic
#236372 #318CA1 #48B0C7 #77C4D5 #A6D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#48B0C7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31
#48B0C7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0C7
8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B0C7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B0C71.002.538.318.31
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3121.001.001.00
##0000008.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0ABC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D9DC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b0c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 214.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7d8',
    500: '#48b0c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b0c7;
$custom-light: #89c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b0c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70598,
    "c": 0.10003,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B0C7
secondary
#D1A49A
accent
#664BDD
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0D1314
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0C7

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#48B0C7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva