#48B2CB#48B2CB

#48B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.102 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2CB
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -22.63, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 31.33, 223.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0826 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.102 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3679, 37.5272, 62.1841)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2CB #CB6148

analogous

#48CBA3 #48B2CB #4871CB

triadic

#48B2CB #CB48B2 #B2CB48

tetradic

#48B2CB #A348CB #CB6148 #71CB48

square

#48B2CB #A348CB #CB6148 #71CB48

split-complementary

#48B2CB #CB4871 #CBA348

monochromatic

#226777 #2F90A6 #48B2CB #78C6D9 #A7DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#48B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2CB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2CB	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.102 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9da',
    500: '#48b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2cb;
$custom-light: #89c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71233,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2CB

secondary

#D3A69B

accent

#6549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2CB

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

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