#48B5D4#48B5D4

#48B5D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5D4
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 14.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -21.40, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 32.74, 229.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0821 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.107 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0752, 39.1755, 68.1985)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5D4 #D46748

analogous

#48D4AD #48B5D4 #486FD4

triadic

#48B5D4 #D448B5 #B5D448

tetradic

#48B5D4 #AD48D4 #D46748 #6FD448

square

#48B5D4 #AD48D4 #D46748 #6FD448

split-complementary

#48B5D4 #D4486F #D4AD48

monochromatic

#1F6D83 #2A96B4 #48B5D4 #7AC9E0 #ABDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48B5D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#48B5D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5D4

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5D4	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe1',
    500: '#48b5d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5d4;
$custom-light: #8bcbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72309,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5D4

secondary

#D9AC9F

accent

#6743E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5D4

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

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