#48B5D8#48B5D8

#48B5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5D8
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -20.16, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 33.49, 232.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0806 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.11 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5860, 39.3799, 70.8889)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5D8 #D86B48

analogous

#48D8B3 #48B5D8 #486DD8

triadic

#48B5D8 #D848B5 #B5D848

tetradic

#48B5D8 #B348D8 #D86B48 #6DD848

square

#48B5D8 #B348D8 #D86B48 #6DD848

split-complementary

#48B5D8 #D8486D #D8B348

monochromatic

#1D6E89 #2897BB #48B5D8 #7AC9E3 #ADDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48B5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#48B5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5D8

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5D8	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe4',
    500: '#48b5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5d8;
$custom-light: #8bcbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.583,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72476,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5D8

secondary

#DBAFA0

accent

#6940E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5D8

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

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