#48B0CE#48B0CE

#48B0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.104 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0CE
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -20.68, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 31.73, 229.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0793 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.104 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3339, 36.8815, 63.9534)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0CE #CE6648

analogous

#48CEA9 #48B0CE #486DCE

triadic

#48B0CE #CE48B0 #B0CE48

tetradic

#48B0CE #A948CE #CE6648 #6DCE48

square

#48B0CE #A948CE #CE6648 #6DCE48

split-complementary

#48B0CE #CE486D #CEA948

monochromatic

#21677B #2E8FAB #48B0CE #78C5DB #A9DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#48B0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#48B0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0CE

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0CE	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.104 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7dd',
    500: '#48b0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0ce;
$custom-light: #89c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.433,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0CE

secondary

#D5A99D

accent

#6947E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0CE

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

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