#48B4CC#48B4CC

#48B4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4CC
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -23.34, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 31.58, 222.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0842 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.103 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8883, 38.3766, 62.9473)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4CC #CC6048

analogous

#48CCA2 #48B4CC #4872CC

triadic

#48B4CC #CC48B4 #B4CC48

tetradic

#48B4CC #A248CC #CC6048 #72CC48

square

#48B4CC #A248CC #CC6048 #72CC48

split-complementary

#48B4CC #CC4872 #CCA248

monochromatic

#216878 #2F92A8 #48B4CC #78C8D9 #A8DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#48B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#48B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4CC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4CC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadb',
    500: '#48b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4cc;
$custom-light: #8acadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71748,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4CC

secondary

#D4A69C

accent

#6448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4CC

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

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