#48BADE#48BADE

#48BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BADE
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -20.87, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 34.48, 232.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0834 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.113 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4108, 41.7658, 75.3938)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BADE #DE6C48

analogous

#48DEB7 #48BADE #486FDE

triadic

#48BADE #DE48BA #BADE48

tetradic

#48BADE #B748DE #DE6C48 #6FDE48

square

#48BADE #B748DE #DE6C48 #6FDE48

split-complementary

#48BADE #DE486F #DEB748

monochromatic

#1A7591 #249EC5 #48BADE #7CCEE7 #B0E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#48BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BADE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BADE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe8',
    500: '#48bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bade;
$custom-light: #8ccfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BADE

secondary

#DFB1A3

accent

#663CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BADE

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

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