#48B2C8#48B2C8

#48B2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.101 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2C8
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -23.53, -20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 31.00, 220.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0837 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.101 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0139, 37.3855, 60.3194)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2C8 #C85E48

analogous

#48C89E #48B2C8 #4872C8

triadic

#48B2C8 #C848B2 #B2C848

tetradic

#48B2C8 #9E48C8 #C85E48 #72C848

square

#48B2C8 #9E48C8 #C85E48 #72C848

split-complementary

#48B2C8 #C84872 #C89E48

monochromatic

#236573 #318FA2 #48B2C8 #77C6D6 #A6DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#48B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#48B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2C8

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2C8	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.101 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9d8',
    500: '#48b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2c8;
$custom-light: #89c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2C8

secondary

#D1A49A

accent

#644BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2C8

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

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