#48B9DC#48B9DC

#48B9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9DC
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -20.98, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 34.12, 232.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0831 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.112 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9344, 41.2393, 73.9205)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9DC #DC6B48

analogous

#48DCB5 #48B9DC #486FDC

triadic

#48B9DC #DC48B9 #B9DC48

tetradic

#48B9DC #B548DC #DC6B48 #6FDC48

square

#48B9DC #B548DC #DC6B48 #6FDC48

split-complementary

#48B9DC #DC486F #DCB548

monochromatic

#1B738E #259DC2 #48B9DC #7BCDE6 #AFE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48B9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#48B9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9DC

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9DC	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee7',
    500: '#48b9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9dc;
$custom-light: #8ccee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.189,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9DC

secondary

#DEB0A2

accent

#663DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9DC

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

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