#48B1DA#48B1DA

#48B1DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1DA
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -17.44, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 34.29, 239.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0759 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.112 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0444, 37.8806, 71.9917)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1DA #DA7148

analogous

#48DABA #48B1DA #4868DA

triadic

#48B1DA #DA48B1 #B1DA48

tetradic

#48B1DA #BA48DA #DA7148 #68DA48

square

#48B1DA #BA48DA #DA7148 #68DA48

split-complementary

#48B1DA #DA4868 #DABA48

monochromatic

#1C6C8B #2694BE #48B1DA #7BC7E4 #AEDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48B1DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#48B1DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1DA

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1DA	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8e5',
    500: '#48b1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1da;
$custom-light: #8bc8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71627,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1DA

secondary

#DDB2A1

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1DA

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

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