#48B1C8#48B1C8

#48B1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.101 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1C8
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 200)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 11.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -23.02, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 30.92, 221.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0827 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.101 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8157, 36.9891, 60.2534)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1C8 #C85F48

analogous

#48C89F #48B1C8 #4871C8

triadic

#48B1C8 #C848B1 #B1C848

tetradic

#48B1C8 #9F48C8 #C85F48 #71C848

square

#48B1C8 #9F48C8 #C85F48 #71C848

split-complementary

#48B1C8 #C84871 #C89F48

monochromatic

#236573 #318EA2 #48B1C8 #77C5D6 #A6D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48B1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#48B1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1C8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1C8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.101 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c8d8',
    500: '#48b1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1c8;
$custom-light: #89c8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.781,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70876,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1C8

secondary

#D1A49A

accent

#654BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1C8

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

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