#48BAD2#48BAD2

#48BAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAD2
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -24.56, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 32.67, 221.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.088 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.106 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8594, 41.1452, 67.2230)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAD2 #D26048

analogous

#48D2A5 #48BAD2 #4875D2

triadic

#48BAD2 #D248BA #BAD248

tetradic

#48BAD2 #A548D2 #D26048 #75D248

square

#48BAD2 #A548D2 #D26048 #75D248

split-complementary

#48BAD2 #D24875 #D2A548

monochromatic

#206F80 #2C9AB1 #48BAD2 #79CDDE #AADFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#48BAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#48BAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAD2

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAD2	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)

#A9B4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdf',
    500: '#48bad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bad2;
$custom-light: #8bcfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73409,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAD2

secondary

#D8A89E

accent

#6044E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAD2

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

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