#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
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 15%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -20.37, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 31.91, 230.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0789 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.104 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4557, 36.9302, 64.5953)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48B0CF	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48B0CF

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

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