#48B3CD#48B3CD

#48B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.103 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3CD
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -22.53, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 31.64, 224.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0828 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.103 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8075, 38.0225, 63.5139)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3CD #CD6248

analogous

#48CDA5 #48B3CD #4871CD

triadic

#48B3CD #CD48B3 #B3CD48

tetradic

#48B3CD #A548CD #CD6248 #71CD48

square

#48B3CD #A548CD #CD6248 #71CD48

split-complementary

#48B3CD #CD4871 #CDA548

monochromatic

#216879 #2E91A9 #48B3CD #78C7DA #A8DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#48B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3CD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3CD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.103 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadc',
    500: '#48b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3cd;
$custom-light: #8acadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.729,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71551,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3CD

secondary

#D5A79C

accent

#6547E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3CD

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

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