#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
RGBrgb(72, 182, 207)
HSLhsl(191, 58%, 55%)
HSVhsv(191, 65%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(65.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.99, -23.45, -21.86)
CIE-LCHlch(68.99, 32.06, 222.99°)
OKLaboklab(72.34% -0.0851 -0.0608)
OKLCHoklch(72.34% 0.105 215.5)
XYZxyz(30.6583, 39.3353, 64.9961)
Luminance0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##48B6CF1.002.378.878.87
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8721.001.001.00
##0000008.8721.001.001.00

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

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#48B6CF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva