#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
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -20.67, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 34.32, 232.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0828 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.113 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0673, 41.2924, 74.6201)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##48B9DD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48B9DD

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

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