#48B0DC#48B0DC

#48B0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0DC
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 20%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -16.27, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 34.97, 242.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0741 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.114 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1109, 37.5923, 73.3127)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0DC #DC7448

analogous

#48DCBE #48B0DC #4866DC

triadic

#48B0DC #DC48B0 #B0DC48

tetradic

#48B0DC #BE48DC #DC7448 #66DC48

square

#48B0DC #BE48DC #DC7448 #66DC48

split-complementary

#48B0DC #DC4866 #DCBE48

monochromatic

#1B6C8E #2593C2 #48B0DC #7BC6E6 #AFDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#48B0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0DC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0DC	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e7',
    500: '#48b0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0dc;
$custom-light: #8bc7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71482,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0DC

secondary

#DEB4A2

accent

#713DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0DC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →