#48B4D1#48B4D1

#48B4D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4D1
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 209)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -21.81, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 32.25, 227.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0823 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.106 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4977, 38.6204, 66.1564)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4D1 #D16548

analogous

#48D1AA #48B4D1 #486FD1

triadic

#48B4D1 #D148B4 #B4D148

tetradic

#48B4D1 #AA48D1 #D16548 #6FD148

square

#48B4D1 #AA48D1 #D16548 #6FD148

split-complementary

#48B4D1 #D1486F #D1AA48

monochromatic

#206B7F #2C94B0 #48B4D1 #79C8DD #AADCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#48B4D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#48B4D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4D1

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4D1	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadf',
    500: '#48b4d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4d1;
$custom-light: #8acadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.701,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7195,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4D1

secondary

#D7AA9E

accent

#6645E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4D1

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

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