#48B0DA#48B0DA

#48B0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0DA
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 19.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -16.91, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 34.42, 240.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0748 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.112 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8477, 37.4870, 71.9261)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0DA #DA7248

analogous

#48DABB #48B0DA #4867DA

triadic

#48B0DA #DA48B0 #B0DA48

tetradic

#48B0DA #BB48DA #DA7248 #67DA48

square

#48B0DA #BB48DA #DA7248 #67DA48

split-complementary

#48B0DA #DA4867 #DABB48

monochromatic

#1C6B8B #2693BE #48B0DA #7BC6E4 #AEDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#48B0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0DA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0DA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e5',
    500: '#48b0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0da;
$custom-light: #8bc7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71394,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0DA

secondary

#DDB2A1

accent

#703FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0DA

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

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