#48B1DB#48B1DB

#48B1DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1DB
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -17.12, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 34.55, 240.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0755 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.113 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1757, 37.9331, 72.6829)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1DB #DB7248

analogous

#48DBBC #48B1DB #4868DB

triadic

#48B1DB #DB48B1 #B1DB48

tetradic

#48B1DB #BC48DB #DB7248 #68DB48

square

#48B1DB #BC48DB #DB7248 #68DB48

split-complementary

#48B1DB #DB4868 #DBBC48

monochromatic

#1C6D8D #2694C0 #48B1DB #7BC7E5 #AEDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48B1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#48B1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1DB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1DB	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8e6',
    500: '#48b1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1db;
$custom-light: #8bc8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71671,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1DB

secondary

#DDB3A2

accent

#6F3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1DB

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

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