#48B4D0#48B4D0

#48B4D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.105 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4D0
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 208)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -22.12, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 32.09, 226.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0827 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.105 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3742, 38.5710, 65.5065)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4D0 #D06448

analogous

#48D0A8 #48B4D0 #4870D0

triadic

#48B4D0 #D048B4 #B4D048

tetradic

#48B4D0 #A848D0 #D06448 #70D048

square

#48B4D0 #A848D0 #D06448 #70D048

split-complementary

#48B4D0 #D04870 #D0A848

monochromatic

#206A7D #2D93AE #48B4D0 #79C8DD #A9DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48B4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#48B4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4D0

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4D0	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.105 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acade',
    500: '#48b4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4d0;
$custom-light: #8acade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7191,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4D0

secondary

#D7A99D

accent

#6645E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4D0

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

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