#48B0D7#48B0D7

#48B0D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0D7
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -17.86, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 33.64, 237.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0759 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.11 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4586, 37.3314, 69.8773)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0D7 #D76F48

analogous

#48D7B7 #48B0D7 #4869D7

triadic

#48B0D7 #D748B0 #B0D748

tetradic

#48B0D7 #B748D7 #D76F48 #69D748

square

#48B0D7 #B748D7 #D76F48 #69D748

split-complementary

#48B0D7 #D74869 #D7B748

monochromatic

#1E6A87 #2992B9 #48B0D7 #7AC6E2 #ACDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B0D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#48B0D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0D7

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0D7	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e3',
    500: '#48b0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0d7;
$custom-light: #8bc7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71263,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0D7

secondary

#DBB0A0

accent

#6E41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0D7

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

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