#48C0DA#48C0DA

#48C0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0DA
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 11.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -25.15, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 33.95, 222.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0909 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.111 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1717, 44.1351, 73.0341)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0DA #DA6248

analogous

#48DAAB #48C0DA #4877DA

triadic

#48C0DA #DA48C0 #C0DA48

tetradic

#48C0DA #AB48DA #DA6248 #77DA48

square

#48C0DA #AB48DA #DA6248 #77DA48

split-complementary

#48C0DA #DA4877 #DAAB48

monochromatic

#1C788B #26A3BE #48C0DA #7BD2E4 #AEE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48C0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#48C0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0DA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0DA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3e5',
    500: '#48c0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0da;
$custom-light: #8cd3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.685,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75143,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0DA

secondary

#DDACA1

accent

#5D3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0DA

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

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