#48B3D2#48B3D2

#48B3D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3D2
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -20.99, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 32.41, 229.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0809 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.106 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4207, 38.2678, 66.7435)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3D2 #D26748

analogous

#48D2AC #48B3D2 #486ED2

triadic

#48B3D2 #D248B3 #B3D248

tetradic

#48B3D2 #AC48D2 #D26748 #6ED248

square

#48B3D2 #AC48D2 #D26748 #6ED248

split-complementary

#48B3D2 #D2486E #D2AC48

monochromatic

#206A80 #2C93B1 #48B3D2 #79C7DE #AADCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#48B3D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#48B3D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3D2

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3D2	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadf',
    500: '#48b3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3d2;
$custom-light: #8acadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.478,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71756,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3D2

secondary

#D8AB9E

accent

#6844E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3D2

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

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