#48BAD9#48BAD9

#48BAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BAD9
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -22.42, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 33.58, 228.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0853 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.11 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7506, 41.5017, 71.9168)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BAD9 #D96748

analogous

#48D9B0 #48BAD9 #4872D9

triadic

#48BAD9 #D948BA #BAD948

tetradic

#48BAD9 #B048D9 #D96748 #72D948

square

#48BAD9 #B048D9 #D96748 #72D948

split-complementary

#48BAD9 #D94872 #D9B048

monochromatic

#1D738A #279DBD #48BAD9 #7BCDE4 #ADE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#48BAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#48BAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BAD9

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BAD9	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe4',
    500: '#48bad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bad9;
$custom-light: #8bcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.828,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BAD9

secondary

#DCADA1

accent

#633FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BAD9

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

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