#48BAD5#48BAD5

#48BAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAD5
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -23.65, -23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 33.01, 224.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0868 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.108 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2367, 41.2961, 69.2099)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAD5 #D56348

analogous

#48D5A9 #48BAD5 #4873D5

triadic

#48BAD5 #D548BA #BAD548

tetradic

#48BAD5 #A948D5 #D56348 #73D548

square

#48BAD5 #A948D5 #D56348 #73D548

split-complementary

#48BAD5 #D54873 #D5A948

monochromatic

#1E7184 #2A9BB6 #48BAD5 #7ACDE0 #ACE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#48BAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#48BAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAD5

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAD5	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe2',
    500: '#48bad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bad5;
$custom-light: #8bcfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAD5

secondary

#DAAA9F

accent

#6142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAD5

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

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