#48B1DC#48B1DC

#48B1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B1DC
RGBrgb(72, 177, 220)
HSLhsl(197, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(197, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.01, -16.80, -30.50)
CIE-LCHlch(68.01, 34.82, 241.15°)
OKLaboklab(71.71% -0.0751 -0.0854)
OKLCHoklch(71.71% 0.114 228.7)
XYZxyz(31.3077, 37.9859, 73.3783)
Luminance0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B1DC #DC7348
analogous
#48DCBD #48B1DC #4867DC
triadic
#48B1DC #DC48B1 #B1DC48
tetradic
#48B1DC #BD48DC #DC7348 #67DC48
square
#48B1DC #BD48DC #DC7348 #67DC48
split-complementary
#48B1DC #DC4867 #DCBD48
monochromatic
#1B6D8E #2594C2 #48B1DC #7BC7E6 #AFDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#48B1DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60
#48B1DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1DC
8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B1DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B1DC1.002.448.608.60
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6021.001.001.00
##0000008.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BAEDE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#869FDB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 228.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8e7',
    500: '#48b1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b1dc;
$custom-light: #8bc8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71715,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B1DC
secondary
#DEB3A2
accent
#703DEB
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

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#48B1DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva