#48B4D8#48B4D8

#48B4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4D8
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -19.64, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 33.55, 234.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0796 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.11 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3834, 38.9747, 70.8213)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4D8 #D86C48

analogous

#48D8B4 #48B4D8 #486CD8

triadic

#48B4D8 #D848B4 #B4D848

tetradic

#48B4D8 #B448D8 #D86C48 #6CD848

square

#48B4D8 #B448D8 #D86C48 #6CD848

split-complementary

#48B4D8 #D8486C #D8B448

monochromatic

#1D6E89 #2896BB #48B4D8 #7AC9E3 #ADDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#48B4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4D8

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4D8	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae4',
    500: '#48b4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4d8;
$custom-light: #8bcae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4D8

secondary

#DBAFA0

accent

#6A40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4D8

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

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