#48B9DA#48B9DA

#48B9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9DA
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -21.60, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 33.75, 230.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0839 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.111 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6712, 41.1340, 72.5339)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9DA #DA6948

analogous

#48DAB2 #48B9DA #4870DA

triadic

#48B9DA #DA48B9 #B9DA48

tetradic

#48B9DA #B248DA #DA6948 #70DA48

square

#48B9DA #B248DA #DA6948 #70DA48

split-complementary

#48B9DA #DA4870 #DAB248

monochromatic

#1C728B #269CBE #48B9DA #7BCCE4 #AEE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48B9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#48B9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9DA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9DA	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee5',
    500: '#48b9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9da;
$custom-light: #8ccee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.562,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73498,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9DA

secondary

#DDAFA1

accent

#653FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9DA

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

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