#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
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 199)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -22.82, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 30.73, 222.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0821 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.1 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5024, 36.5489, 59.5743)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##48B0C7	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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