#48B3CC#48B3CC

#48B3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3CC
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -22.83, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 31.51, 223.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0832 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.103 216)
XYZ	xyz(29.6872, 37.9744, 62.8803)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3CC #CC6148

analogous

#48CCA3 #48B3CC #4871CC

triadic

#48B3CC #CC48B3 #B3CC48

tetradic

#48B3CC #A348CC #CC6148 #71CC48

square

#48B3CC #A348CC #CC6148 #71CC48

split-complementary

#48B3CC #CC4871 #CCA348

monochromatic

#216878 #2F91A8 #48B3CC #78C7D9 #A8DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#48B3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3CC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3CC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadb',
    500: '#48b3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3cc;
$custom-light: #8acadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71511,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.37978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3CC

secondary

#D4A69C

accent

#6548E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3CC

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

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