#48C0D9#48C0D9

#48C0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.110 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0D9
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 217)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -25.45, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 33.85, 221.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0913 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.11 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0413, 44.0830, 72.3470)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0D9 #D96148

analogous

#48D9AA #48C0D9 #4878D9

triadic

#48C0D9 #D948C0 #C0D948

tetradic

#48C0D9 #AA48D9 #D96148 #78D948

square

#48C0D9 #AA48D9 #D96148 #78D948

split-complementary

#48C0D9 #D94878 #D9AA48

monochromatic

#1D778A #27A3BD #48C0D9 #7BD1E4 #ADE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#48C0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0D9

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0D9	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.110 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3e4',
    500: '#48c0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0d9;
$custom-light: #8cd3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75103,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0D9

secondary

#DCABA1

accent

#5C3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0D9

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

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