#48B7D4#48B7D4

#48B7D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7D4
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 13.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -22.43, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 32.76, 226.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0842 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.107 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4848, 39.9947, 68.3350)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7D4 #D46548

analogous

#48D4AB #48B7D4 #4871D4

triadic

#48B7D4 #D448B7 #B7D448

tetradic

#48B7D4 #AB48D4 #D46548 #71D448

square

#48B7D4 #AB48D4 #D46548 #71D448

split-complementary

#48B7D4 #D44871 #D4AB48

monochromatic

#1F6E83 #2A98B4 #48B7D4 #7ACAE0 #ABDEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48B7D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#48B7D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7D4

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7D4	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)

#A4B2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce1',
    500: '#48b7d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7d4;
$custom-light: #8bcce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7D4

secondary

#D9AB9F

accent

#6443E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7D4

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

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