#48BAD8#48BAD8

#48BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAD8
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -22.73, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 33.42, 227.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0857 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.11 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6210, 41.4498, 71.2339)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAD8 #D86648

analogous

#48D8AE #48BAD8 #4872D8

triadic

#48BAD8 #D848BA #BAD848

tetradic

#48BAD8 #AE48D8 #D86648 #72D848

square

#48BAD8 #AE48D8 #D86648 #72D848

split-complementary

#48BAD8 #D84872 #D8AE48

monochromatic

#1D7289 #289CBB #48BAD8 #7ACDE3 #ADE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#48BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAD8

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAD8	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe4',
    500: '#48bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bad8;
$custom-light: #8bcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAD8

secondary

#DBADA0

accent

#6340E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAD8

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

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