#48B0D9#48B0D9

#48B0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0D9
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 217)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -17.23, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 34.15, 239.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0752 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.112 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7172, 37.4348, 71.2390)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0D9 #D97148

analogous

#48D9BA #48B0D9 #4867D9

triadic

#48B0D9 #D948B0 #B0D948

tetradic

#48B0D9 #BA48D9 #D97148 #67D948

square

#48B0D9 #BA48D9 #D97148 #67D948

split-complementary

#48B0D9 #D94867 #D9BA48

monochromatic

#1D6B8A #2792BD #48B0D9 #7BC6E4 #ADDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#48B0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0D9

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0D9	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e5',
    500: '#48b0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0d9;
$custom-light: #8bc7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7135,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0D9

secondary

#DCB2A1

accent

#6F3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0D9

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

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