#48B8DF#48B8DF

#48B8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.114 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B8DF
RGB	rgb(72, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -19.52, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 34.81, 235.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.081 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.114 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1269, 40.9827, 75.9623)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B8DF #DF6F48

analogous

#48DFBB #48B8DF #486CDF

triadic

#48B8DF #DF48B8 #B8DF48

tetradic

#48B8DF #BB48DF #DF6F48 #6CDF48

square

#48B8DF #BB48DF #DF6F48 #6CDF48

split-complementary

#48B8DF #DF486C #DFBB48

monochromatic

#1A7493 #239DC7 #48B8DF #7CCCE8 #B0E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48B8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#48B8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B8DF

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B8DF	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.114 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccde9',
    500: '#48b8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b8df;
$custom-light: #8ccde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.497,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B8DF

secondary

#E0B3A3

accent

#693BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B8DF

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

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