#48B1CD#48B1CD

#48B1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1CD
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -21.50, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 31.57, 227.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0807 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.103 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4096, 37.2266, 63.3813)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1CD #CD6448

analogous

#48CDA7 #48B1CD #486ECD

triadic

#48B1CD #CD48B1 #B1CD48

tetradic

#48B1CD #A748CD #CD6448 #6ECD48

square

#48B1CD #A748CD #CD6448 #6ECD48

split-complementary

#48B1CD #CD486E #CDA748

monochromatic

#216779 #2E90A9 #48B1CD #78C5DA #A8DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#48B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#48B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1CD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1CD	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c8dc',
    500: '#48b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1cd;
$custom-light: #89c8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71077,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1CD

secondary

#D5A89C

accent

#6847E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1CD

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

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