#48B0DF#48B0DF

#48B0DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B0DF
RGB	rgb(72, 176, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -15.31, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 35.85, 244.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0731 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.117 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5118, 37.7527, 75.4240)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B0DF #DF7748

analogous

#48DFC2 #48B0DF #4865DF

triadic

#48B0DF #DF48B0 #B0DF48

tetradic

#48B0DF #C248DF #DF7748 #65DF48

square

#48B0DF #C248DF #DF7748 #65DF48

split-complementary

#48B0DF #DF4865 #DFC248

monochromatic

#1A6D93 #2394C7 #48B0DF #7CC6E8 #B0DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B0DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#48B0DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B0DF

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B0DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B0DF	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b0df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 176, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e9',
    500: '#48b0df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b0df;
$custom-light: #8cc7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b0df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.675,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71616,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B0DF

secondary

#E0B6A3

accent

#723BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B0DF

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

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