#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
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -19.23, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 33.24, 234.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0783 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.109 224)
XYZ	xyz(30.7256, 38.0702, 69.3343)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##48B2D6	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48B2D6

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

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