#48B9D6#48B9D6

#48B9D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9D6
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 214)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -22.84, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 33.10, 226.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0854 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.108 218)
XYZ	xyz(32.1541, 40.9272, 69.8104)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9D6 #D66548

analogous

#48D6AC #48B9D6 #4872D6

triadic

#48B9D6 #D648B9 #B9D648

tetradic

#48B9D6 #AC48D6 #D66548 #72D648

square

#48B9D6 #AC48D6 #D66548 #72D648

split-complementary

#48B9D6 #D64872 #D6AC48

monochromatic

#1E7086 #299BB8 #48B9D6 #7ACCE1 #ACDFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#48B9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#48B9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9D6

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9D6	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcee2',
    500: '#48b9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9d6;
$custom-light: #8bcee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.254,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73333,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.40931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9D6

secondary

#DAACA0

accent

#6341E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9D6

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

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