#48B4D6#48B4D6

#48B4D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4D6
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -20.27, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.13, 232.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0804 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.109 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1264, 38.8719, 69.4679)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4D6 #D66A48

analogous

#48D6B1 #48B4D6 #486DD6

triadic

#48B4D6 #D648B4 #B4D648

tetradic

#48B4D6 #B148D6 #D66A48 #6DD648

square

#48B4D6 #B148D6 #D66A48 #6DD648

split-complementary

#48B4D6 #D6486D #D6B148

monochromatic

#1E6D86 #2996B8 #48B4D6 #7AC8E1 #ACDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B4D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#48B4D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4D6

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4D6	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae2',
    500: '#48b4d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4d6;
$custom-light: #8bcae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72158,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4D6

secondary

#DAAEA0

accent

#6941E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4D6

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

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