#48C2DB#48C2DB

#48C2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2DB
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 219)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -25.85, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 34.20, 220.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0926 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.112 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7451, 45.0719, 73.8727)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2DB #DB6148

analogous

#48DBAB #48C2DB #4879DB

triadic

#48C2DB #DB48C2 #C2DB48

tetradic

#48C2DB #AB48DB #DB6148 #79DB48

square

#48C2DB #AB48DB #DB6148 #79DB48

split-complementary

#48C2DB #DB4879 #DBAB48

monochromatic

#1C7A8D #26A6C0 #48C2DB #7BD3E5 #AEE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#48C2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#48C2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2DB

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2DB	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e6',
    500: '#48c2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2db;
$custom-light: #8cd4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.204,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75653,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2DB

secondary

#DDACA2

accent

#5B3EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2DB

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

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