#48B4DB#48B4DB

#48B4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4DB
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -18.70, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 34.22, 236.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0785 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.112 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7748, 39.1312, 72.8826)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4DB #DB6F48

analogous

#48DBB8 #48B4DB #486BDB

triadic

#48B4DB #DB48B4 #B4DB48

tetradic

#48B4DB #B848DB #DB6F48 #6BDB48

square

#48B4DB #B848DB #DB6F48 #6BDB48

split-complementary

#48B4DB #DB486B #DBB848

monochromatic

#1C6F8D #2697C0 #48B4DB #7BC9E5 #AEDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48B4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#48B4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4DB

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4DB	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae6',
    500: '#48b4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4db;
$custom-light: #8bcae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4DB

secondary

#DDB1A2

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4DB

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

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