#48B3CF#48B3CF

#48B3CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3CF
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -21.91, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 31.92, 226.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.082 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.104 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0505, 38.1197, 64.7935)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3CF #CF6448

analogous

#48CFA7 #48B3CF #4870CF

triadic

#48B3CF #CF48B3 #B3CF48

tetradic

#48B3CF #A748CF #CF6448 #70CF48

square

#48B3CF #A748CF #CF6448 #70CF48

split-complementary

#48B3CF #CF4870 #CFA748

monochromatic

#21697C #2D92AD #48B3CF #78C7DC #A9DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#48B3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3CF

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3CF	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadd',
    500: '#48b3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3cf;
$custom-light: #8acadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.444,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71632,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3CF

secondary

#D6A99D

accent

#6646E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3CF

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

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