#48B1DF#48B1DF

#48B1DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B1DF
RGB	rgb(72, 177, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -15.85, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 35.68, 243.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0741 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.116 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7086, 38.1462, 75.4896)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B1DF #DF7648

analogous

#48DFC1 #48B1DF #4865DF

triadic

#48B1DF #DF48B1 #B1DF48

tetradic

#48B1DF #C148DF #DF7648 #65DF48

square

#48B1DF #C148DF #DF7648 #65DF48

split-complementary

#48B1DF #DF4865 #DFC148

monochromatic

#1A6E93 #2395C7 #48B1DF #7CC7E8 #B0DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B1DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#48B1DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B1DF

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B1DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B1DF	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b1df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 177, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e9',
    500: '#48b1df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b1df;
$custom-light: #8cc8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b1df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.278,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71848,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B1DF

secondary

#E0B6A3

accent

#713BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B1DF

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

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