#48C3DF#48C3DF

#48C3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3DF
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 223)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -25.14, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 34.69, 223.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.092 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.114 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5013, 45.7317, 76.7538)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3DF #DF6448

analogous

#48DFB0 #48C3DF #4877DF

triadic

#48C3DF #DF48C3 #C3DF48

tetradic

#48C3DF #B048DF #DF6448 #77DF48

square

#48C3DF #B048DF #DF6448 #77DF48

split-complementary

#48C3DF #DF4877 #DFB048

monochromatic

#1A7C93 #23A9C7 #48C3DF #7CD4E8 #B0E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#48C3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3DF

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3DF	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5e9',
    500: '#48c3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3df;
$custom-light: #8dd5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.126,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76047,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3DF

secondary

#E0AEA3

accent

#5C3BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3DF

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

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