#48B7D6#48B7D6

#48B7D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.108 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7D6
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -21.81, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 33.08, 228.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0834 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.108 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7386, 40.0963, 69.6720)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7D6 #D66748

analogous

#48D6AE #48B7D6 #4870D6

triadic

#48B7D6 #D648B7 #B7D648

tetradic

#48B7D6 #AE48D6 #D66748 #70D648

square

#48B7D6 #AE48D6 #D66748 #70D648

split-complementary

#48B7D6 #D64870 #D6AE48

monochromatic

#1E6F86 #2999B8 #48B7D6 #7ACBE1 #ACDEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48B7D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#48B7D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7D6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7D6	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.108 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce2',
    500: '#48b7d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7d6;
$custom-light: #8bcce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.099,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7D6

secondary

#DAACA0

accent

#6541E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7D6

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

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