#48BAD1#48BAD1

#48BAD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAD1
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 209)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 11%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -24.86, -21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 32.58, 220.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0884 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.106 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7352, 41.0955, 66.5690)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAD1 #D15F48

analogous

#48D1A3 #48BAD1 #4875D1

triadic

#48BAD1 #D148BA #BAD148

tetradic

#48BAD1 #A348D1 #D15F48 #75D148

square

#48BAD1 #A348D1 #D15F48 #75D148

split-complementary

#48BAD1 #D14875 #D1A348

monochromatic

#206F7F #2C9AB0 #48BAD1 #79CCDD #AADFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BAD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#48BAD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAD1

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAD1	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bad1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdf',
    500: '#48bad1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bad1;
$custom-light: #8bcfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bad1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.073,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7337,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAD1

secondary

#D7A79E

accent

#5F45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAD1

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

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