#48B2DF#48B2DF

#48B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B2DF
RGB	rgb(72, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -16.38, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 35.52, 242.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0751 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.116 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9069, 38.5427, 75.5557)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B2DF #DF7548

analogous

#48DFC1 #48B2DF #4866DF

triadic

#48B2DF #DF48B2 #B2DF48

tetradic

#48B2DF #C148DF #DF7548 #66DF48

square

#48B2DF #C148DF #DF7548 #66DF48

split-complementary

#48B2DF #DF4866 #DFC148

monochromatic

#1A6F93 #2396C7 #48B2DF #7CC8E8 #B0DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#48B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B2DF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B2DF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9e9',
    500: '#48b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b2df;
$custom-light: #8cc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7208,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B2DF

secondary

#E0B5A3

accent

#703BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B2DF

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

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