#48B0CA#48B0CA

#48B0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0CA
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -21.90, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 31.10, 225.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0809 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.102 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8541, 36.6896, 61.4268)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0CA #CA6248

analogous

#48CAA3 #48B0CA #486FCA

triadic

#48B0CA #CA48B0 #B0CA48

tetradic

#48B0CA #A348CA #CA6248 #6FCA48

square

#48B0CA #A348CA #CA6248 #6FCA48

split-complementary

#48B0CA #CA486F #CAA348

monochromatic

#226576 #308EA5 #48B0CA #77C4D8 #A7D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#48B0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#48B0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0CA

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0CA	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7da',
    500: '#48b0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0ca;
$custom-light: #89c7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70718,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0CA

secondary

#D3A69B

accent

#6749DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0CA

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

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