#48B3CB#48B3CB

#48B3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3CB
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 203)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -23.14, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 31.40, 222.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0836 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.102 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5676, 37.9265, 62.2506)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3CB #CB6048

analogous

#48CBA2 #48B3CB #4872CB

triadic

#48B3CB #CB48B3 #B3CB48

tetradic

#48B3CB #A248CB #CB6048 #72CB48

square

#48B3CB #A248CB #CB6048 #72CB48

split-complementary

#48B3CB #CB4872 #CBA248

monochromatic

#226777 #2F91A6 #48B3CB #78C7D9 #A7DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#48B3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#48B3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3CB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3CB	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cada',
    500: '#48b3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3cb;
$custom-light: #89cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3CB

secondary

#D3A69B

accent

#6449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3CB

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

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