#48BBD2#48BBD2

#48BBD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBD2
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -25.06, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 32.76, 220.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.089 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.107 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0708, 41.5680, 67.2935)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBD2 #D25F48

analogous

#48D2A4 #48BBD2 #4876D2

triadic

#48BBD2 #D248BB #BBD248

tetradic

#48BBD2 #A448D2 #D25F48 #76D248

square

#48BBD2 #A448D2 #D25F48 #76D248

split-complementary

#48BBD2 #D24876 #D2A448

monochromatic

#207080 #2C9BB1 #48BBD2 #79CDDE #AAE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#48BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBD2

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBD2	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdf',
    500: '#48bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbd2;
$custom-light: #8bcfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73646,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBD2

secondary

#D8A89E

accent

#5F44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBD2

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

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