#48B6DF#48B6DF

#48B6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6DF
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -18.48, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 35.00, 238.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.079 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.115 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7144, 40.1577, 75.8248)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6DF #DF7148

analogous

#48DFBC #48B6DF #486BDF

triadic

#48B6DF #DF48B6 #B6DF48

tetradic

#48B6DF #BC48DF #DF7148 #6BDF48

square

#48B6DF #BC48DF #DF7148 #6BDF48

split-complementary

#48B6DF #DF486B #DFBC48

monochromatic

#1A7293 #239AC7 #48B6DF #7CCBE8 #B0E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48B6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#48B6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6DF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6DF	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce9',
    500: '#48b6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6df;
$custom-light: #8ccce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73009,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6DF

secondary

#E0B4A3

accent

#6B3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6DF

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

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