#48B7DC#48B7DC

#48B7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7DC
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -19.95, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 34.22, 234.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0811 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.112 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5190, 40.4084, 73.7821)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7DC #DC6D48

analogous

#48DCB7 #48B7DC #486DDC

triadic

#48B7DC #DC48B7 #B7DC48

tetradic

#48B7DC #B748DC #DC6D48 #6DDC48

square

#48B7DC #B748DC #DC6D48 #6DDC48

split-complementary

#48B7DC #DC486D #DCB748

monochromatic

#1B728E #259BC2 #48B7DC #7BCBE6 #AFDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#48B7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#48B7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7DC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7DC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce7',
    500: '#48b7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7dc;
$custom-light: #8ccce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73113,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7DC

secondary

#DEB1A2

accent

#683DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7DC

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

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