#48B2CF#48B2CF

#48B2CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2CF
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 14%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -21.40, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 31.90, 227.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.081 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.104 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8508, 37.7203, 64.7269)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2CF #CF6548

analogous

#48CFA9 #48B2CF #486ECF

triadic

#48B2CF #CF48B2 #B2CF48

tetradic

#48B2CF #A948CF #CF6548 #6ECF48

square

#48B2CF #A948CF #CF6548 #6ECF48

split-complementary

#48B2CF #CF486E #CFA948

monochromatic

#21687C #2D91AD #48B2CF #78C6DC #A9DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#48B2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#48B2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2CF

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2CF	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9dd',
    500: '#48b2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2cf;
$custom-light: #8ac9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.889,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71396,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2CF

secondary

#D6A99D

accent

#6846E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2CF

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

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