#48BADF#48BADF

#48BADF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BADF
RGB	rgb(72, 186, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -20.56, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 34.68, 233.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.083 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.114 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5453, 41.8195, 76.1018)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BADF #DF6D48

analogous

#48DFB9 #48BADF #486EDF

triadic

#48BADF #DF48BA #BADF48

tetradic

#48BADF #B948DF #DF6D48 #6EDF48

square

#48BADF #B948DF #DF6D48 #6EDF48

split-complementary

#48BADF #DF486E #DFB948

monochromatic

#1A7593 #239FC7 #48BADF #7CCEE8 #B0E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BADF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#48BADF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BADF

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BADF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BADF	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48badf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 186, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe9',
    500: '#48badf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48badf;
$custom-light: #8ccfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48badf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73941,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BADF

secondary

#E0B2A3

accent

#663BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BADF

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

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