#48B5DC#48B5DC

#48B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B5DC
RGB	rgb(72, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -18.91, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 34.37, 236.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0791 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.113 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1094, 39.5892, 73.6455)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B5DC #DC6F48

analogous

#48DCB9 #48B5DC #486BDC

triadic

#48B5DC #DC48B5 #B5DC48

tetradic

#48B5DC #B948DC #DC6F48 #6BDC48

square

#48B5DC #B948DC #DC6F48 #6BDC48

split-complementary

#48B5DC #DC486B #DCB948

monochromatic

#1B708E #2598C2 #48B5DC #7BCAE6 #AFDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48B5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#48B5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B5DC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B5DC	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbe7',
    500: '#48b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b5dc;
$custom-light: #8bcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72646,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B5DC

secondary

#DEB2A2

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B5DC

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

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