#48B0DE#48B0DE

#48B0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0DE
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -15.63, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 35.55, 243.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0734 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.116 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3774, 37.6989, 74.7160)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0DE #DE7648

analogous

#48DEC1 #48B0DE #4865DE

triadic

#48B0DE #DE48B0 #B0DE48

tetradic

#48B0DE #C148DE #DE7648 #65DE48

square

#48B0DE #C148DE #DE7648 #65DE48

split-complementary

#48B0DE #DE4865 #DEC148

monochromatic

#1A6D91 #2494C5 #48B0DE #7CC6E7 #B0DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#48B0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0DE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0DE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e8',
    500: '#48b0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0de;
$custom-light: #8bc7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71572,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0DE

secondary

#DFB5A3

accent

#723CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0DE

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

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