#48B2CD#48B2CD

#48B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2CD
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -22.01, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 31.60, 225.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0818 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.103 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6078, 37.6231, 63.4474)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2CD #CD6348

analogous

#48CDA5 #48B2CD #4870CD

triadic

#48B2CD #CD48B2 #B2CD48

tetradic

#48B2CD #A548CD #CD6348 #70CD48

square

#48B2CD #A548CD #CD6348 #70CD48

split-complementary

#48B2CD #CD4870 #CDA548

monochromatic

#216879 #2E90A9 #48B2CD #78C6DA #A8DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#48B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2CD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2CD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9dc',
    500: '#48b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2cd;
$custom-light: #8ac9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.18,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71314,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2CD

secondary

#D5A89C

accent

#6647E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2CD

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

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