#48B2D1#48B2D1

#48B2D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.106 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2D1
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 209)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -20.78, -24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 32.24, 229.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0802 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.106 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0968, 37.8187, 66.0228)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2D1 #D16748

analogous

#48D1AC #48B2D1 #486DD1

triadic

#48B2D1 #D148B2 #B2D148

tetradic

#48B2D1 #AC48D1 #D16748 #6DD148

square

#48B2D1 #AC48D1 #D16748 #6DD148

split-complementary

#48B2D1 #D1486D #D1AC48

monochromatic

#20697F #2C92B0 #48B2D1 #79C7DD #AADBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48B2D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#48B2D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2D1

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2D1	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.106 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9df',
    500: '#48b2d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2d1;
$custom-light: #8ac9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71478,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2D1

secondary

#D7AB9E

accent

#6945E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2D1

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

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