#48B0CF#48B0CF

#48B0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.104 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B0CF
RGBrgb(72, 176, 207)
HSLhsl(194, 58%, 55%)
HSVhsv(194, 65%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(65.2%, 15%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.22, -20.37, -24.56)
CIE-LCHlch(67.22, 31.91, 230.34°)
OKLaboklab(70.92% -0.0789 -0.0685)
OKLCHoklch(70.92% 0.104 220.9)
XYZxyz(29.4557, 36.9302, 64.5953)
Luminance0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B0CF #CF6748
analogous
#48CFAB #48B0CF #486CCF
triadic
#48B0CF #CF48B0 #B0CF48
tetradic
#48B0CF #AB48CF #CF6748 #6CCF48
square
#48B0CF #AB48CF #CF6748 #6CCF48
split-complementary
#48B0CF #CF486C #CFAB48
monochromatic
#21677C #2D8FAD #48B0CF #78C5DC #A9DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#48B0CF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39
#48B0CF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0CF
8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B0CF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B0CF1.002.508.398.39
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3921.001.001.00
##0000008.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DACD1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A9ECF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BABA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.104 220.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7dd',
    500: '#48b0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b0cf;
$custom-light: #8ac7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.778,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B0CF
secondary
#D6AA9D
accent
#6A46E2
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#48B0CF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva