#48B7CF#48B7CF

#48B7CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7CF
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -23.95, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 32.13, 221.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0861 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.105 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8638, 39.7463, 65.0646)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7CF #CF6048

analogous

#48CFA4 #48B7CF #4873CF

triadic

#48B7CF #CF48B7 #B7CF48

tetradic

#48B7CF #A448CF #CF6048 #73CF48

square

#48B7CF #A448CF #CF6048 #73CF48

split-complementary

#48B7CF #CF4873 #CFA448

monochromatic

#216C7C #2D96AD #48B7CF #78CADC #A9DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#48B7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#48B7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7CF

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7CF	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accdd',
    500: '#48b7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7cf;
$custom-light: #8accdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7CF

secondary

#D6A79D

accent

#6246E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7CF

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

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