#48B8D2#48B8D2

#48B8D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8D2
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 12.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -23.55, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 32.53, 223.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.086 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.106 216)
XYZ	xyz(31.4410, 40.3084, 67.0836)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8D2 #D26248

analogous

#48D2A7 #48B8D2 #4873D2

triadic

#48B8D2 #D248B8 #B8D248

tetradic

#48B8D2 #A748D2 #D26248 #73D248

square

#48B8D2 #A748D2 #D26248 #73D248

split-complementary

#48B8D2 #D24873 #D2A748

monochromatic

#206E80 #2C98B1 #48B8D2 #79CBDE #AADEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#48B8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#48B8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8D2

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8D2	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddf',
    500: '#48b8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8d2;
$custom-light: #8bcddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72936,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8D2

secondary

#D8A99E

accent

#6244E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8D2

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

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