#48BAD3#48BAD3

#48BAD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAD3
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -24.26, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 32.77, 222.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0876 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.107 215)
XYZ	xyz(31.9844, 41.1952, 67.8812)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAD3 #D36148

analogous

#48D3A6 #48BAD3 #4875D3

triadic

#48BAD3 #D348BA #BAD348

tetradic

#48BAD3 #A648D3 #D36148 #75D348

square

#48BAD3 #A648D3 #D36148 #75D348

split-complementary

#48BAD3 #D34875 #D3A648

monochromatic

#1F7081 #2B9AB3 #48BAD3 #79CDDF #ABDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#48BAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAD3

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAD3	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe0',
    500: '#48bad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bad3;
$custom-light: #8bcfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.791,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73449,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.41199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAD3

secondary

#D8A99E

accent

#6043E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAD3

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

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