#48B4DA#48B4DA

#48B4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4DA
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -19.01, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 33.99, 235.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0789 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.111 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6435, 39.0787, 72.1913)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4DA #DA6E48

analogous

#48DAB7 #48B4DA #486BDA

triadic

#48B4DA #DA48B4 #B4DA48

tetradic

#48B4DA #B748DA #DA6E48 #6BDA48

square

#48B4DA #B748DA #DA6E48 #6BDA48

split-complementary

#48B4DA #DA486B #DAB748

monochromatic

#1C6E8B #2697BE #48B4DA #7BC9E4 #AEDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48B4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#48B4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4DA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4DA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae5',
    500: '#48b4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4da;
$custom-light: #8bcae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72327,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4DA

secondary

#DDB1A1

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4DA

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

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