#48B5D2#48B5D2

#48B5D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5D2
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -22.02, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 32.42, 227.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0829 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.106 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8245, 39.0753, 66.8780)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5D2 #D26548

analogous

#48D2AA #48B5D2 #4870D2

triadic

#48B5D2 #D248B5 #B5D248

tetradic

#48B5D2 #AA48D2 #D26548 #70D248

square

#48B5D2 #AA48D2 #D26548 #70D248

split-complementary

#48B5D2 #D24870 #D2AA48

monochromatic

#206C80 #2C95B1 #48B5D2 #79C9DE #AADDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48B5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#48B5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5D2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5D2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbdf',
    500: '#48b5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5d2;
$custom-light: #8acbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.609,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72227,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5D2

secondary

#D8AA9E

accent

#6644E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5D2

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

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