#48B0DD#48B0DD

#48B0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0DD
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -15.95, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 35.26, 243.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0738 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.115 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2438, 37.6454, 74.0123)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0DD #DD7548

analogous

#48DDC0 #48B0DD #4865DD

triadic

#48B0DD #DD48B0 #B0DD48

tetradic

#48B0DD #C048DD #DD7548 #65DD48

square

#48B0DD #C048DD #DD7548 #65DD48

split-complementary

#48B0DD #DD4865 #DDC048

monochromatic

#1B6C90 #2493C3 #48B0DD #7CC6E7 #AFDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#48B0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0DD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0DD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e7',
    500: '#48b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0dd;
$custom-light: #8bc7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.121,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0DD

secondary

#DEB4A2

accent

#713CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0DD

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

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