#48B8DB#48B8DB

#48B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.112 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8DB
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -20.78, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 33.97, 232.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0825 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.112 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5940, 40.7696, 73.1556)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8DB #DB6B48

analogous

#48DBB5 #48B8DB #486FDB

triadic

#48B8DB #DB48B8 #B8DB48

tetradic

#48B8DB #B548DB #DB6B48 #6FDB48

square

#48B8DB #B548DB #DB6B48 #6FDB48

split-complementary

#48B8DB #DB486F #DBB548

monochromatic

#1C728D #269BC0 #48B8DB #7BCCE5 #AEE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#48B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8DB

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8DB	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.112 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde6',
    500: '#48b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8db;
$custom-light: #8ccde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73305,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8DB

secondary

#DDB0A2

accent

#673EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8DB

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

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