#48B7DB#48B7DB

#48B7DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7DB
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -20.26, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 34.01, 233.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0815 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.112 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3870, 40.3556, 73.0866)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7DB #DB6C48

analogous

#48DBB6 #48B7DB #486EDB

triadic

#48B7DB #DB48B7 #B7DB48

tetradic

#48B7DB #B648DB #DB6C48 #6EDB48

square

#48B7DB #B648DB #DB6C48 #6EDB48

split-complementary

#48B7DB #DB486E #DBB648

monochromatic

#1C718D #269AC0 #48B7DB #7BCBE5 #AEDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48B7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#48B7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7DB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7DB	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce6',
    500: '#48b7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7db;
$custom-light: #8ccce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73071,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7DB

secondary

#DDB0A2

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7DB

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

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