#48B6D2#48B6D2

#48B6D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6D2
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 210)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -22.53, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 32.44, 226.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0839 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.106 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0285, 39.4834, 66.9461)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6D2 #D26448

analogous

#48D2A9 #48B6D2 #4871D2

triadic

#48B6D2 #D248B6 #B6D248

tetradic

#48B6D2 #A948D2 #D26448 #71D248

square

#48B6D2 #A948D2 #D26448 #71D248

split-complementary

#48B6D2 #D24871 #D2A948

monochromatic

#206C80 #2C96B1 #48B6D2 #79CADE #AADDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#48B6D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#48B6D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6D2

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6D2	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accdf',
    500: '#48b6d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6d2;
$custom-light: #8accdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.174,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6D2

secondary

#D8AA9E

accent

#6544E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6D2

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

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