#48B6CF#48B6CF

#48B6CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6CF
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -23.45, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 32.06, 222.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0851 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.105 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6583, 39.3353, 64.9961)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6CF #CF6148

analogous

#48CFA5 #48B6CF #4873CF

triadic

#48B6CF #CF48B6 #B6CF48

tetradic

#48B6CF #A548CF #CF6148 #73CF48

square

#48B6CF #A548CF #CF6148 #73CF48

split-complementary

#48B6CF #CF4873 #CFA548

monochromatic

#216B7C #2D95AD #48B6CF #78C9DC #A9DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#48B6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#48B6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6CF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6CF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accdd',
    500: '#48b6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6cf;
$custom-light: #8accdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72343,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6CF

secondary

#D6A79D

accent

#6346E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6CF

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

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