#48B5CC#48B5CC

#48B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.103 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5CC
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -23.85, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 31.66, 221.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0853 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.103 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0909, 38.7819, 63.0148)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5CC #CC5F48

analogous

#48CCA1 #48B5CC #4873CC

triadic

#48B5CC #CC48B5 #B5CC48

tetradic

#48B5CC #A148CC #CC5F48 #73CC48

square

#48B5CC #A148CC #CC5F48 #73CC48

split-complementary

#48B5CC #CC4873 #CCA148

monochromatic

#216978 #2F93A8 #48B5CC #78C8D9 #A8DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#48B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5CC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5CC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.103 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbdb',
    500: '#48b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5cc;
$custom-light: #8acbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.455,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71986,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5CC

secondary

#D4A69C

accent

#6348E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5CC

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

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