#48B9DB#48B9DB

#48B9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9DB
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -21.29, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 33.93, 231.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0835 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.111 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8024, 41.1865, 73.2251)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9DB #DB6A48

analogous

#48DBB4 #48B9DB #486FDB

triadic

#48B9DB #DB48B9 #B9DB48

tetradic

#48B9DB #B448DB #DB6A48 #6FDB48

square

#48B9DB #B448DB #DB6A48 #6FDB48

split-complementary

#48B9DB #DB486F #DBB448

monochromatic

#1C738D #269CC0 #48B9DB #7BCDE5 #AEE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48B9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#48B9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9DB

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9DB	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee6',
    500: '#48b9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9db;
$custom-light: #8ccee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.878,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73539,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9DB

secondary

#DDAFA2

accent

#663EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9DB

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

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