#48B9D2#48B9D2

#48B9D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9D2
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -24.06, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 32.60, 222.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.087 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.106 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6495, 40.7253, 67.1531)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9D2 #D26148

analogous

#48D2A6 #48B9D2 #4874D2

triadic

#48B9D2 #D248B9 #B9D248

tetradic

#48B9D2 #A648D2 #D26148 #74D248

square

#48B9D2 #A648D2 #D26148 #74D248

split-complementary

#48B9D2 #D24874 #D2A648

monochromatic

#206F80 #2C99B1 #48B9D2 #79CCDE #AADFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#48B9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#48B9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9D2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9D2	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#A7B3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedf',
    500: '#48b9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9d2;
$custom-light: #8bcedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.87,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73173,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9D2

secondary

#D8A99E

accent

#6144E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9D2

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

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