#48BADC#48BADC

#48BADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BADC
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -21.49, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 34.09, 230.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0842 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.112 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1444, 41.6592, 73.9905)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BADC #DC6A48

analogous

#48DCB4 #48BADC #4870DC

triadic

#48BADC #DC48BA #BADC48

tetradic

#48BADC #B448DC #DC6A48 #70DC48

square

#48BADC #B448DC #DC6A48 #70DC48

split-complementary

#48BADC #DC4870 #DCB448

monochromatic

#1B748E #259EC2 #48BADC #7BCDE6 #AFE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#48BADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BADC

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BADC	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48badc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe7',
    500: '#48badc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48badc;
$custom-light: #8ccfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48badc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73815,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BADC

secondary

#DEB0A2

accent

#653DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BADC

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

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