#48B9DF#48B9DF

#48B9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.114 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B9DF
RGB	rgb(72, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -20.04, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 34.74, 234.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.082 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.114 224)
XYZ	xyz(33.3353, 41.3997, 76.0318)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B9DF #DF6E48

analogous

#48DFB9 #48B9DF #486EDF

triadic

#48B9DF #DF48B9 #B9DF48

tetradic

#48B9DF #B948DF #DF6E48 #6EDF48

square

#48B9DF #B948DF #DF6E48 #6EDF48

split-complementary

#48B9DF #DF486E #DFB948

monochromatic

#1A7493 #239EC7 #48B9DF #7CCDE8 #B0E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48B9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#48B9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B9DF

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B9DF	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.114 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccee9',
    500: '#48b9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b9df;
$custom-light: #8ccee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73707,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.41403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B9DF

secondary

#E0B2A3

accent

#683BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B9DF

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

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