#48BADD#48BADD

#48BADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BADD
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -21.18, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 34.28, 231.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0838 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.113 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2772, 41.7123, 74.6901)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BADD #DD6B48

analogous

#48DDB6 #48BADD #486FDD

triadic

#48BADD #DD48BA #BADD48

tetradic

#48BADD #B648DD #DD6B48 #6FDD48

square

#48BADD #B648DD #DD6B48 #6FDD48

split-complementary

#48BADD #DD486F #DDB648

monochromatic

#1B7490 #249EC3 #48BADD #7CCDE7 #AFE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#48BADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BADD

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BADD	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48badd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 221.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48badd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BADD

secondary

#DEB0A2

accent

#653CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BADD

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

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