#48B4DD#48B4DD

#48B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B4DD
RGB	rgb(72, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -18.07, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 34.71, 238.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0778 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.114 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0396, 39.2372, 74.2776)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B4DD #DD7148

analogous

#48DDBC #48B4DD #4869DD

triadic

#48B4DD #DD48B4 #B4DD48

tetradic

#48B4DD #BC48DD #DD7148 #69DD48

square

#48B4DD #BC48DD #DD7148 #69DD48

split-complementary

#48B4DD #DD4869 #DDBC48

monochromatic

#1B7090 #2498C3 #48B4DD #7CC9E7 #AFDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#48B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B4DD

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B4DD	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccae7',
    500: '#48b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b4dd;
$custom-light: #8ccae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.51,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B4DD

secondary

#DEB3A2

accent

#6D3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B4DD

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

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