#48C0D8#48C0D8

#48C0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.110 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0D8
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 216)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -25.76, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 33.75, 220.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0917 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.11 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9116, 44.0311, 71.6641)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0D8 #D86048

analogous

#48D8A8 #48C0D8 #4878D8

triadic

#48C0D8 #D848C0 #C0D848

tetradic

#48C0D8 #A848D8 #D86048 #78D848

square

#48C0D8 #A848D8 #D86048 #78D848

split-complementary

#48C0D8 #D84878 #D8A848

monochromatic

#1D7789 #28A2BB #48C0D8 #7AD1E3 #ADE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#48C0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0D8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0D8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.110 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3e4',
    500: '#48c0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0d8;
$custom-light: #8cd3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75064,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0D8

secondary

#DBAAA0

accent

#5C40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0D8

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

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