#48B6D4#48B6D4

#48B6D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6D4
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 14.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -21.92, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 32.74, 227.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0832 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.107 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2792, 39.5837, 68.2665)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6D4 #D46648

analogous

#48D4AC #48B6D4 #4870D4

triadic

#48B6D4 #D448B6 #B6D448

tetradic

#48B6D4 #AC48D4 #D46648 #70D448

square

#48B6D4 #AC48D4 #D46648 #70D448

split-complementary

#48B6D4 #D44870 #D4AC48

monochromatic

#1F6D83 #2A97B4 #48B6D4 #7ACAE0 #ABDEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48B6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#48B6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6D4

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6D4	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)

#A3B1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce1',
    500: '#48b6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6d4;
$custom-light: #8bcce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6D4

secondary

#D9AB9F

accent

#6643E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6D4

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

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