#48B4DC#48B4DC

#48B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4DC
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -18.38, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 34.47, 237.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0781 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.113 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9068, 39.1840, 73.5780)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4DC #DC7048

analogous

#48DCBA #48B4DC #486ADC

triadic

#48B4DC #DC48B4 #B4DC48

tetradic

#48B4DC #BA48DC #DC7048 #6ADC48

square

#48B4DC #BA48DC #DC7048 #6ADC48

split-complementary

#48B4DC #DC486A #DCBA48

monochromatic

#1B6F8E #2597C2 #48B4DC #7BC9E6 #AFDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#48B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4DC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4DC	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcae7',
    500: '#48b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4dc;
$custom-light: #8bcae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72413,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4DC

secondary

#DEB2A2

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4DC

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

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