#48C0DC#48C0DC

#48C0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.112 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C0DC
RGB	rgb(72, 192, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -24.54, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 34.17, 224.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0902 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.112 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4350, 44.2405, 74.4207)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C0DC #DC6448

analogous

#48DCAE #48C0DC #4876DC

triadic

#48C0DC #DC48C0 #C0DC48

tetradic

#48C0DC #AE48DC #DC6448 #76DC48

square

#48C0DC #AE48DC #DC6448 #76DC48

split-complementary

#48C0DC #DC4876 #DCAE48

monochromatic

#1B798E #25A4C2 #48C0DC #7BD2E6 #AFE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#48C0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#48C0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C0DC

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C0DC	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 192, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.112 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3e7',
    500: '#48c0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c0dc;
$custom-light: #8cd3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75222,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C0DC

secondary

#DEADA2

accent

#5E3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C0DC

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

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