#48B2D6#48B2D6

#48B2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B2D6
RGBrgb(72, 178, 214)
HSLhsl(195, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(195, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.07, -19.23, -27.11)
CIE-LCHlch(68.07, 33.24, 234.66°)
OKLaboklab(71.69% -0.0783 -0.0757)
OKLCHoklch(71.69% 0.109 224)
XYZxyz(30.7256, 38.0702, 69.3343)
Luminance0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B2D6 #D66C48
analogous
#48D6B3 #48B2D6 #486BD6
triadic
#48B2D6 #D648B2 #B2D648
tetradic
#48B2D6 #B348D6 #D66C48 #6BD648
square
#48B2D6 #B348D6 #D66C48 #6BD648
split-complementary
#48B2D6 #D6486B #D6B348
monochromatic
#1E6B86 #2994B8 #48B2D6 #7AC7E1 #ACDCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#48B2D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61
#48B2D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2D6
8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B2D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B2D61.002.448.618.61
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6121.001.001.00
##0000008.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EAED8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA0D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 224.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e2',
    500: '#48b2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b2d6;
$custom-light: #8bc9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.211,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71688,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.38074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B2D6
secondary
#DAAEA0
accent
#6B41E6
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#48B2D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva