#48B2CA#48B2CA

#48B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.102 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2CA
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -22.93, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 31.21, 222.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0829 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.102 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2492, 37.4796, 61.5585)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2CA #CA6048

analogous

#48CAA1 #48B2CA #4871CA

triadic

#48B2CA #CA48B2 #B2CA48

tetradic

#48B2CA #A148CA #CA6048 #71CA48

square

#48B2CA #A148CA #CA6048 #71CA48

split-complementary

#48B2CA #CA4871 #CAA148

monochromatic

#226676 #308FA5 #48B2CA #77C6D8 #A7DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#48B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2CA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2CA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.102 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9da',
    500: '#48b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2ca;
$custom-light: #89c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71193,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2CA

secondary

#D3A59B

accent

#6549DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2CA

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

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