#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
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -17.33, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 34.69, 240.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0761 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.113 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5060, 38.3824, 73.4444)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##48B2DC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48B2DC

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

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