#48B8DA#48B8DA

#48B8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8DA
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -21.09, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 33.77, 231.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0829 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.111 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4627, 40.7171, 72.4644)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8DA #DA6A48

analogous

#48DAB3 #48B8DA #486FDA

triadic

#48B8DA #DA48B8 #B8DA48

tetradic

#48B8DA #B348DA #DA6A48 #6FDA48

square

#48B8DA #B348DA #DA6A48 #6FDA48

split-complementary

#48B8DA #DA486F #DAB348

monochromatic

#1C728B #269BBE #48B8DA #7BCCE4 #AEE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48B8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#48B8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8DA

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8DA	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcde5',
    500: '#48b8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8da;
$custom-light: #8bcde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73263,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8DA

secondary

#DDAFA1

accent

#663FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8DA

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

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