#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
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 13%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -22.43, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 31.95, 225.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.083 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.104 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2516, 38.5220, 64.8606)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##48B4CF	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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