#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
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -16.80, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 34.82, 241.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0751 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.114 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3077, 37.9859, 73.3783)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##48B1DC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1DC

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

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