#48B2DC#48B2DC

#48B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B2DC
RGBrgb(72, 178, 220)
HSLhsl(197, 68%, 57%)
HSVhsv(197, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.30, -17.33, -30.05)
CIE-LCHlch(68.30, 34.69, 240.03°)
OKLaboklab(71.95% -0.0761 -0.0841)
OKLCHoklch(71.95% 0.113 227.8)
XYZxyz(31.5060, 38.3824, 73.4444)
Luminance0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B2DC #DC7248
analogous
#48DCBC #48B2DC #4868DC
triadic
#48B2DC #DC48B2 #B2DC48
tetradic
#48B2DC #BC48DC #DC7248 #68DC48
square
#48B2DC #BC48DC #DC7248 #68DC48
split-complementary
#48B2DC #DC4868 #DCBC48
monochromatic
#1B6E8E #2595C2 #48B2DC #7BC8E6 #AFDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#48B2DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#48B2DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2DC
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B2DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B2DC1.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CAFDE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87A0DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 227.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e7',
    500: '#48b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b2dc;
$custom-light: #8bc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71947,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B2DC
secondary
#DEB3A2
accent
#6E3DEB
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F1F8FC
border
#CBD1D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#48B2DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva