#48B4CF#48B4CF

#48B4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B4CF
RGBrgb(72, 180, 207)
HSLhsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSVhsv(192, 65%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(65.2%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.40, -22.43, -22.76)
CIE-LCHlch(68.40, 31.95, 225.42°)
OKLaboklab(71.87% -0.083 -0.0633)
OKLCHoklch(71.87% 0.104 217.3)
XYZxyz(30.2516, 38.5220, 64.8606)
Luminance0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B4CF #CF6348
analogous
#48CFA7 #48B4CF #4871CF
triadic
#48B4CF #CF48B4 #B4CF48
tetradic
#48B4CF #A748CF #CF6348 #71CF48
square
#48B4CF #A748CF #CF6348 #71CF48
split-complementary
#48B4CF #CF4871 #CFA748
monochromatic
#216A7C #2D93AD #48B4CF #78C8DC #A9DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#48B4CF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70
#48B4CF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4CF
8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B4CF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B4CF1.002.418.708.70
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7021.001.001.00
##0000008.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2AFD1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FA1CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDBC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 217.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadd',
    500: '#48b4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b4cf;
$custom-light: #8acadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71869,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B4CF
secondary
#D6A89D
accent
#6546E2
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4CF

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#48B4CF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva