#48B2C9#48B2C9

#48B2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2C9
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 201)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -23.23, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 31.10, 221.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0833 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.101 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1311, 37.4324, 60.9369)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2C9 #C95F48

analogous

#48C99F #48B2C9 #4871C9

triadic

#48B2C9 #C948B2 #B2C948

tetradic

#48B2C9 #9F48C9 #C95F48 #71C948

square

#48B2C9 #9F48C9 #C95F48 #71C948

split-complementary

#48B2C9 #C94871 #C99F48

monochromatic

#226674 #308FA4 #48B2C9 #77C6D7 #A7DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#48B2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2C9

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2C9	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9d9',
    500: '#48b2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2c9;
$custom-light: #89c9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71153,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2C9

secondary

#D2A59B

accent

#644ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2C9

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

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