#48B3D3#48B3D3

#48B3D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.107 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B3D3
RGB	rgb(72, 179, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -20.68, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 32.59, 230.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0805 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.107 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5457, 38.3178, 67.4016)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B3D3 #D36848

analogous

#48D3AD #48B3D3 #486DD3

triadic

#48B3D3 #D348B3 #B3D348

tetradic

#48B3D3 #AD48D3 #D36848 #6DD348

square

#48B3D3 #AD48D3 #D36848 #6DD348

split-complementary

#48B3D3 #D3486D #D3AD48

monochromatic

#1F6B81 #2B94B3 #48B3D3 #79C7DF #ABDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#48B3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B3D3

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B3D3	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 179, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.107 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acae0',
    500: '#48b3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b3d3;
$custom-light: #8acae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.813,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71797,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B3D3

secondary

#D8AC9E

accent

#6843E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B3D3

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

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