#48B8CF#48B8CF

#48B8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8CF
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -24.46, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 32.21, 220.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0872 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.105 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0708, 40.1603, 65.1336)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8CF #CF5F48

analogous

#48CFA2 #48B8CF #4875CF

triadic

#48B8CF #CF48B8 #B8CF48

tetradic

#48B8CF #A248CF #CF5F48 #75CF48

square

#48B8CF #A248CF #CF5F48 #75CF48

split-complementary

#48B8CF #CF4875 #CFA248

monochromatic

#216C7C #2D97AD #48B8CF #78CBDC #A9DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48B8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#48B8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8CF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8CF	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acddd',
    500: '#48b8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8cf;
$custom-light: #8acddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.222,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8CF

secondary

#D6A79D

accent

#6146E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8CF

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

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