#48B6DC#48B6DC

#48B6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6DC
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -19.43, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 34.29, 235.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0801 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.113 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3135, 39.9974, 73.7135)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6DC #DC6E48

analogous

#48DCB8 #48B6DC #486CDC

triadic

#48B6DC #DC48B6 #B6DC48

tetradic

#48B6DC #B848DC #DC6E48 #6CDC48

square

#48B6DC #B848DC #DC6E48 #6CDC48

split-complementary

#48B6DC #DC486C #DCB848

monochromatic

#1B718E #259AC2 #48B6DC #7BCAE6 #AFDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48B6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#48B6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6DC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6DC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce7',
    500: '#48b6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6dc;
$custom-light: #8ccce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7288,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6DC

secondary

#DEB1A2

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6DC

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

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