#48B8D9#48B8D9

#48B8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8D9
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -21.40, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 33.59, 230.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0833 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.11 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3322, 40.6649, 71.7773)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8D9 #D96948

analogous

#48D9B2 #48B8D9 #4870D9

triadic

#48B8D9 #D948B8 #B8D948

tetradic

#48B8D9 #B248D9 #D96948 #70D948

square

#48B8D9 #B248D9 #D96948 #70D948

split-complementary

#48B8D9 #D94870 #D9B248

monochromatic

#1D718A #279BBD #48B8D9 #7BCCE4 #ADDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48B8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#48B8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8D9

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8D9	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde4',
    500: '#48b8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8d9;
$custom-light: #8bcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.655,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73222,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8D9

secondary

#DCAEA1

accent

#663FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8D9

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

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