#48B1DD#48B1DD

#48B1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1DD
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -16.48, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 35.10, 241.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0748 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.115 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4406, 38.0390, 74.0779)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1DD #DD7448

analogous

#48DDBE #48B1DD #4867DD

triadic

#48B1DD #DD48B1 #B1DD48

tetradic

#48B1DD #BE48DD #DD7448 #67DD48

square

#48B1DD #BE48DD #DD7448 #67DD48

split-complementary

#48B1DD #DD4867 #DDBE48

monochromatic

#1B6D90 #2494C3 #48B1DD #7CC7E7 #AFDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#48B1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1DD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1DD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8e7',
    500: '#48b1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1dd;
$custom-light: #8bc8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.718,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1DD

secondary

#DEB4A2

accent

#703CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1DD

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

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