#48B4D2#48B4D2

#48B4D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4D2
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -21.51, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 32.41, 228.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0819 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.106 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6218, 38.6701, 66.8105)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4D2 #D26648

analogous

#48D2AB #48B4D2 #486FD2

triadic

#48B4D2 #D248B4 #B4D248

tetradic

#48B4D2 #AB48D2 #D26648 #6FD248

square

#48B4D2 #AB48D2 #D26648 #6FD248

split-complementary

#48B4D2 #D2486F #D2AB48

monochromatic

#206B80 #2C94B1 #48B4D2 #79C8DE #AADCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48B4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#48B4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4D2

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4D2	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acadf',
    500: '#48b4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4d2;
$custom-light: #8acadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4D2

secondary

#D8AB9E

accent

#6744E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4D2

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

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