#48BADA#48BADA

#48BADA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BADA
RGBrgb(72, 186, 218)
HSLhsl(193, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(193, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.56, -22.11, -25.48)
CIE-LCHlch(70.56, 33.74, 229.05°)
OKLaboklab(73.73% -0.0849 -0.0711)
OKLCHoklch(73.73% 0.111 219.9)
XYZxyz(32.8811, 41.5539, 72.6039)
Luminance0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BADA #DA6848
analogous
#48DAB1 #48BADA #4871DA
triadic
#48BADA #DA48BA #BADA48
tetradic
#48BADA #B148DA #DA6848 #71DA48
square
#48BADA #B148DA #DA6848 #71DA48
split-complementary
#48BADA #DA4871 #DAB148
monochromatic
#1C738B #269DBE #48BADA #7BCDE4 #AEE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#48BADA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31
#48BADA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BADA
9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BADA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BADA1.002.269.319.31
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3121.001.001.00
##0000009.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B5DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A6DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 219.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe5',
    500: '#48bada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bada;
$custom-light: #8ccfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.151,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BADA
secondary
#DDAEA1
accent
#643FE9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FC
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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