#48B0CC#48B0CC

#48B0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.103 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0CC
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -21.29, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 31.40, 227.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0801 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.103 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0925, 36.7849, 62.6820)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0CC #CC6448

analogous

#48CCA6 #48B0CC #486ECC

triadic

#48B0CC #CC48B0 #B0CC48

tetradic

#48B0CC #A648CC #CC6448 #6ECC48

square

#48B0CC #A648CC #CC6448 #6ECC48

split-complementary

#48B0CC #CC486E #CCA648

monochromatic

#216678 #2F8EA8 #48B0CC #78C5D9 #A8D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48B0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#48B0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0CC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0CC	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.103 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7db',
    500: '#48b0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0cc;
$custom-light: #89c7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.708,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0CC

secondary

#D4A89C

accent

#6848E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0CC

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

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