#48BADB#48BADB

#48BADB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BADB
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -21.80, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 33.91, 229.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0845 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.111 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0123, 41.6064, 73.2951)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BADB #DB6948

analogous

#48DBB2 #48BADB #4871DB

triadic

#48BADB #DB48BA #BADB48

tetradic

#48BADB #B248DB #DB6948 #71DB48

square

#48BADB #B248DB #DB6948 #71DB48

split-complementary

#48BADB #DB4871 #DBB248

monochromatic

#1C738D #269DC0 #48BADB #7BCDE5 #AEE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#48BADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BADB

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BADB	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48badb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe6',
    500: '#48badb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48badb;
$custom-light: #8ccfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48badb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73774,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BADB

secondary

#DDAFA2

accent

#643EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BADB

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

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