#48B8DC#48B8DC

#48B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.112 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8DC
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -20.46, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 34.17, 233.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0821 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.112 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7260, 40.8224, 73.8510)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8DC #DC6C48

analogous

#48DCB6 #48B8DC #486EDC

triadic

#48B8DC #DC48B8 #B8DC48

tetradic

#48B8DC #B648DC #DC6C48 #6EDC48

square

#48B8DC #B648DC #DC6C48 #6EDC48

split-complementary

#48B8DC #DC486E #DCB648

monochromatic

#1B728E #259CC2 #48B8DC #7BCCE6 #AFE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#48B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8DC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8DC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.112 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde7',
    500: '#48b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8dc;
$custom-light: #8ccde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73347,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8DC

secondary

#DEB1A2

accent

#673DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8DC

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

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