#48B2DD#48B2DD

#48B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2DD
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -17.01, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 34.96, 240.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0758 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.114 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6388, 38.4355, 74.1440)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2DD #DD7348

analogous

#48DDBD #48B2DD #4868DD

triadic

#48B2DD #DD48B2 #B2DD48

tetradic

#48B2DD #BD48DD #DD7348 #68DD48

square

#48B2DD #BD48DD #DD7348 #68DD48

split-complementary

#48B2DD #DD4868 #DDBD48

monochromatic

#1B6E90 #2496C3 #48B2DD #7CC8E7 #AFDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#48B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2DD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2DD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9e7',
    500: '#48b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2dd;
$custom-light: #8bc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2DD

secondary

#DEB4A2

accent

#6F3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2DD

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

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