#48B3CE#48B3CE

#48B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3CE
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -22.22, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 31.77, 225.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0824 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.104 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9286, 38.0709, 64.1517)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3CE #CE6348

analogous

#48CEA6 #48B3CE #4870CE

triadic

#48B3CE #CE48B3 #B3CE48

tetradic

#48B3CE #A648CE #CE6348 #70CE48

square

#48B3CE #A648CE #CE6348 #70CE48

split-complementary

#48B3CE #CE4870 #CEA648

monochromatic

#21697B #2E92AB #48B3CE #78C7DB #A9DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#48B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#48B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3CE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3CE	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)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadd',
    500: '#48b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3ce;
$custom-light: #8acadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.09,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71592,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3CE

secondary

#D5A89D

accent

#6647E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3CE

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

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