#48B2DA#48B2DA

#48B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2DA
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -17.97, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 34.18, 238.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0769 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.112 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2427, 38.2771, 72.0577)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2DA #DA7048

analogous

#48DAB9 #48B2DA #4869DA

triadic

#48B2DA #DA48B2 #B2DA48

tetradic

#48B2DA #B948DA #DA7048 #69DA48

square

#48B2DA #B948DA #DA7048 #69DA48

split-complementary

#48B2DA #DA4869 #DAB948

monochromatic

#1C6D8B #2695BE #48B2DA #7BC7E4 #AEDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#48B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2DA

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2DA	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e5',
    500: '#48b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2da;
$custom-light: #8bc9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2DA

secondary

#DDB1A1

accent

#6D3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2DA

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

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