#48B0D8#48B0D8

#48B0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.111 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0D8
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -17.55, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 33.89, 238.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0756 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.111 227)
XYZ	xyz(30.5875, 37.3829, 70.5560)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0D8 #D87048

analogous

#48D8B8 #48B0D8 #4868D8

triadic

#48B0D8 #D848B0 #B0D848

tetradic

#48B0D8 #B848D8 #D87048 #68D848

square

#48B0D8 #B848D8 #D87048 #68D848

split-complementary

#48B0D8 #D84868 #D8B848

monochromatic

#1D6B89 #2892BB #48B0D8 #7AC6E3 #ADDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#48B0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0D8

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0D8	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.111 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e4',
    500: '#48b0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0d8;
$custom-light: #8bc7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71307,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.37386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0D8

secondary

#DBB1A0

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0D8

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

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