#48B6CC#48B6CC

#48B6CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.103 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6CC
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -24.35, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 31.75, 219.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0863 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.103 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2950, 39.1900, 63.0829)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6CC #CC5E48

analogous

#48CCA0 #48B6CC #4874CC

triadic

#48B6CC #CC48B6 #B6CC48

tetradic

#48B6CC #A048CC #CC5E48 #74CC48

square

#48B6CC #A048CC #CC5E48 #74CC48

split-complementary

#48B6CC #CC4874 #CCA048

monochromatic

#216A78 #2F94A8 #48B6CC #78C9D9 #A8DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48B6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#48B6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6CC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6CC	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)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.103 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accdb',
    500: '#48b6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6cc;
$custom-light: #8accdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6CC

secondary

#D4A59C

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6CC

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

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