#48B0D0#48B0D0

#48B0D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0D0
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -20.06, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 32.09, 231.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0785 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.105 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5784, 36.9793, 65.2412)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0D0 #D06848

analogous

#48D0AC #48B0D0 #486CD0

triadic

#48B0D0 #D048B0 #B0D048

tetradic

#48B0D0 #AC48D0 #D06848 #6CD048

square

#48B0D0 #AC48D0 #D06848 #6CD048

split-complementary

#48B0D0 #D0486C #D0AC48

monochromatic

#20677D #2D90AE #48B0D0 #79C5DD #A9DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B0D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#48B0D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0D0

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0D0	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DACD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7de',
    500: '#48b0d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0d0;
$custom-light: #8ac7de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70965,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0D0

secondary

#D7AB9D

accent

#6A45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0D0

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

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