#48B6DB#48B6DB

#48B6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6DB
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -19.74, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 34.07, 234.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0805 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.112 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1814, 39.9446, 73.0181)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6DB #DB6D48

analogous

#48DBB7 #48B6DB #486DDB

triadic

#48B6DB #DB48B6 #B6DB48

tetradic

#48B6DB #B748DB #DB6D48 #6DDB48

square

#48B6DB #B748DB #DB6D48 #6DDB48

split-complementary

#48B6DB #DB486D #DBB748

monochromatic

#1C708D #2699C0 #48B6DB #7BCAE5 #AEDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#48B6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#48B6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6DB

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6DB	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce6',
    500: '#48b6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6db;
$custom-light: #8bcce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6DB

secondary

#DDB1A2

accent

#693EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6DB

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

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