#48B2DB#48B2DB

#48B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2DB
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -17.65, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 34.43, 239.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0765 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.113 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3739, 38.3296, 72.7490)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2DB #DB7148

analogous

#48DBBB #48B2DB #4869DB

triadic

#48B2DB #DB48B2 #B2DB48

tetradic

#48B2DB #BB48DB #DB7148 #69DB48

square

#48B2DB #BB48DB #DB7148 #69DB48

split-complementary

#48B2DB #DB4869 #DBBB48

monochromatic

#1C6D8D #2695C0 #48B2DB #7BC8E5 #AEDDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#48B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2DB

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2DB	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e6',
    500: '#48b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2db;
$custom-light: #8bc9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71904,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2DB

secondary

#DDB2A2

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2DB

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

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