#48B8DD#48B8DD

#48B8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8DD
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -20.15, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 34.37, 234.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0818 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.113 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8588, 40.8755, 74.5506)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8DD #DD6D48

analogous

#48DDB7 #48B8DD #486EDD

triadic

#48B8DD #DD48B8 #B8DD48

tetradic

#48B8DD #B748DD #DD6D48 #6EDD48

square

#48B8DD #B748DD #DD6D48 #6EDD48

split-complementary

#48B8DD #DD486E #DDB748

monochromatic

#1B7390 #249CC3 #48B8DD #7CCCE7 #AFE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48B8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#48B8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8DD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8DD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde7',
    500: '#48b8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8dd;
$custom-light: #8ccde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.899,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73389,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8DD

secondary

#DEB1A2

accent

#683CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8DD

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

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