#48B1CF#48B1CF

#48B1CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.104 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1CF
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -20.88, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 31.90, 229.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.08 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.104 220)
XYZ	xyz(29.6525, 37.3238, 64.6609)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1CF #CF6648

analogous

#48CFA9 #48B1CF #486ECF

triadic

#48B1CF #CF48B1 #B1CF48

tetradic

#48B1CF #A948CF #CF6648 #6ECF48

square

#48B1CF #A948CF #CF6648 #6ECF48

split-complementary

#48B1CF #CF486E #CFA948

monochromatic

#21687C #2D90AD #48B1CF #78C6DC #A9DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#48B1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1CF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1CF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.104 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8dd',
    500: '#48b1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1cf;
$custom-light: #8ac8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7116,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.37327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1CF

secondary

#D6AA9D

accent

#6946E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1CF

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

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