#48B5CE#48B5CE

#48B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5CE
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -23.24, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 31.87, 223.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0845 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.104 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3323, 38.8784, 64.2863)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5CE #CE6148

analogous

#48CEA4 #48B5CE #4872CE

triadic

#48B5CE #CE48B5 #B5CE48

tetradic

#48B5CE #A448CE #CE6148 #72CE48

square

#48B5CE #A448CE #CE6148 #72CE48

split-complementary

#48B5CE #CE4872 #CEA448

monochromatic

#216A7B #2E94AB #48B5CE #78C9DB #A9DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#48B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#48B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5CE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5CE	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbdd',
    500: '#48b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5ce;
$custom-light: #8acbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5CE

secondary

#D5A79D

accent

#6447E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5CE

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

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