#48B7DF#48B7DF

#48B7DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B7DF
RGB	rgb(72, 183, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -19.00, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 34.90, 237.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.08 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.114 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9199, 40.5688, 75.8933)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B7DF #DF7048

analogous

#48DFBB #48B7DF #486BDF

triadic

#48B7DF #DF48B7 #B7DF48

tetradic

#48B7DF #BB48DF #DF7048 #6BDF48

square

#48B7DF #BB48DF #DF7048 #6BDF48

split-complementary

#48B7DF #DF486B #DFBB48

monochromatic

#1A7393 #239CC7 #48B7DF #7CCBE8 #B0E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48B7DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#48B7DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B7DF

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B7DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B7DF	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b7df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 183, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce9',
    500: '#48b7df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b7df;
$custom-light: #8ccce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b7df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73241,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B7DF

secondary

#E0B3A3

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B7DF

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

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