#48B2CC#48B2CC

#48B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2CC
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -22.32, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 31.46, 224.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0822 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.103 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4875, 37.5750, 62.8137)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2CC #CC6248

analogous

#48CCA4 #48B2CC #4870CC

triadic

#48B2CC #CC48B2 #B2CC48

tetradic

#48B2CC #A448CC #CC6248 #70CC48

square

#48B2CC #A448CC #CC6248 #70CC48

split-complementary

#48B2CC #CC4870 #CCA448

monochromatic

#216778 #2F90A8 #48B2CC #78C6D9 #A8DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#48B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#48B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2CC

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2CC	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9db',
    500: '#48b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2cc;
$custom-light: #89c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71274,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2CC

secondary

#D4A79C

accent

#6648E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2CC

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

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