#48B1D7#48B1D7

#48B1D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1D7
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 215)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -18.39, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 33.54, 236.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0769 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.11 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6554, 37.7250, 69.9429)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1D7 #D76E48

analogous

#48D7B6 #48B1D7 #486AD7

triadic

#48B1D7 #D748B1 #B1D748

tetradic

#48B1D7 #B648D7 #D76E48 #6AD748

square

#48B1D7 #B648D7 #D76E48 #6AD748

split-complementary

#48B1D7 #D7486A #D7B648

monochromatic

#1E6B87 #2993B9 #48B1D7 #7AC6E2 #ACDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B1D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#48B1D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1D7

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1D7	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)

#9CADD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8e3',
    500: '#48b1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1d7;
$custom-light: #8bc8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71497,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1D7

secondary

#DBB0A0

accent

#6D41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1D7

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

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