#48B2CE#48B2CE

#48B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2CE
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -21.71, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 31.75, 226.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0814 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.104 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7289, 37.6715, 64.0851)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2CE #CE6448

analogous

#48CEA7 #48B2CE #486FCE

triadic

#48B2CE #CE48B2 #B2CE48

tetradic

#48B2CE #A748CE #CE6448 #6FCE48

square

#48B2CE #A748CE #CE6448 #6FCE48

split-complementary

#48B2CE #CE486F #CEA748

monochromatic

#21687B #2E91AB #48B2CE #78C6DB #A9DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#48B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2CE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2CE	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)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9dd',
    500: '#48b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2ce;
$custom-light: #8ac9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2CE

secondary

#D5A89D

accent

#6747E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2CE

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

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