#48B2D9#48B2D9

#48B2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2D9
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -18.28, -28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 33.93, 237.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0772 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.111 226)
XYZ	xyz(31.1122, 38.2249, 71.3707)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2D9 #D96F48

analogous

#48D9B8 #48B2D9 #486AD9

triadic

#48B2D9 #D948B2 #B2D948

tetradic

#48B2D9 #B848D9 #D96F48 #6AD948

square

#48B2D9 #B848D9 #D96F48 #6AD948

split-complementary

#48B2D9 #D9486A #D9B848

monochromatic

#1D6D8A #2794BD #48B2D9 #7BC7E4 #ADDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#48B2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2D9

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2D9	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e4',
    500: '#48b2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2d9;
$custom-light: #8bc9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71817,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.38228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2D9

secondary

#DCB1A1

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2D9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →