#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
RGBrgb(72, 186, 213)
HSLhsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.38, -23.65, -23.03)
CIE-LCHlch(70.38, 33.01, 224.24°)
OKLaboklab(73.53% -0.0868 -0.0641)
OKLCHoklch(73.53% 0.108 216.4)
XYZxyz(32.2367, 41.2961, 69.2099)
Luminance0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##48BAD51.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

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

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#48BAD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva