#48B2D8#48B2D8

#48B2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2D8
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -18.60, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 33.69, 236.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0776 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.11 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9826, 38.1730, 70.6877)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2D8 #D86E48

analogous

#48D8B6 #48B2D8 #486AD8

triadic

#48B2D8 #D848B2 #B2D848

tetradic

#48B2D8 #B648D8 #D86E48 #6AD848

square

#48B2D8 #B648D8 #D86E48 #6AD848

split-complementary

#48B2D8 #D8486A #D8B648

monochromatic

#1D6C89 #2894BB #48B2D8 #7AC7E3 #ADDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#48B2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2D8

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2D8	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e4',
    500: '#48b2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2d8;
$custom-light: #8bc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71774,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2D8

secondary

#DBB0A0

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2D8

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

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