#48B9DD#48B9DD

#48B9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48B9DD
RGBrgb(72, 185, 221)
HSLhsl(194, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.38, -20.67, -27.40)
CIE-LCHlch(70.38, 34.32, 232.97°)
OKLaboklab(73.62% -0.0828 -0.0765)
OKLCHoklch(73.62% 0.113 222.7)
XYZxyz(33.0673, 41.2924, 74.6201)
Luminance0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48B9DD #DD6C48
analogous
#48DDB7 #48B9DD #486EDD
triadic
#48B9DD #DD48B9 #B9DD48
tetradic
#48B9DD #B748DD #DD6C48 #6EDD48
square
#48B9DD #B748DD #DD6C48 #6EDD48
split-complementary
#48B9DD #DD486E #DDB748
monochromatic
#1B7490 #249DC3 #48B9DD #7CCDE7 #AFE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#48B9DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26
#48B9DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9DD
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48B9DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48B9DD1.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4B5DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FA5DD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48b9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 222.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee7',
    500: '#48b9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48b9dd;
$custom-light: #8ccee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48b9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.497,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73623,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48B9DD
secondary
#DEB1A2
accent
#673CEC
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FC
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#48B9DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva