#48B7D8#48B7D8

#48B7D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7D8
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -21.19, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 33.43, 230.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0826 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.11 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9956, 40.1991, 71.0254)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7D8 #D86948

analogous

#48D8B1 #48B7D8 #486FD8

triadic

#48B7D8 #D848B7 #B7D848

tetradic

#48B7D8 #B148D8 #D86948 #6FD848

square

#48B7D8 #B148D8 #D86948 #6FD848

split-complementary

#48B7D8 #D8486F #D8B148

monochromatic

#1D7089 #2899BB #48B7D8 #7ACBE3 #ADDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48B7D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#48B7D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7D8

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7D8	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce4',
    500: '#48b7d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7d8;
$custom-light: #8bcce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7D8

secondary

#DBAEA0

accent

#6640E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7D8

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

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