#48B5CD#48B5CD

#48B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.104 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5CD
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -23.55, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 31.76, 222.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0849 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.104 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2113, 38.8300, 63.6485)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5CD #CD6048

analogous

#48CDA3 #48B5CD #4873CD

triadic

#48B5CD #CD48B5 #B5CD48

tetradic

#48B5CD #A348CD #CD6048 #73CD48

square

#48B5CD #A348CD #CD6048 #73CD48

split-complementary

#48B5CD #CD4873 #CDA348

monochromatic

#216A79 #2E93A9 #48B5CD #78C8DA #A8DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#48B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#48B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5CD

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5CD	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.104 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbdc',
    500: '#48b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5cd;
$custom-light: #8acbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.827,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5CD

secondary

#D5A69C

accent

#6347E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5CD

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

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