#48BAD4#48BAD4

#48BAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAD4
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -23.95, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 32.89, 223.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0872 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.107 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1101, 41.2455, 68.5435)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAD4 #D46248

analogous

#48D4A8 #48BAD4 #4874D4

triadic

#48BAD4 #D448BA #BAD448

tetradic

#48BAD4 #A848D4 #D46248 #74D448

square

#48BAD4 #A848D4 #D46248 #74D448

split-complementary

#48BAD4 #D44874 #D4A848

monochromatic

#1F7083 #2A9BB4 #48BAD4 #7ACDE0 #ABDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#48BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAD4

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAD4	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe1',
    500: '#48bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bad4;
$custom-light: #8bcfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.143,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73489,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAD4

secondary

#D9AA9F

accent

#6143E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAD4

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

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