#48BBD3#48BBD3

#48BBD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBD3
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -24.76, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 32.85, 221.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0886 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.107 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1958, 41.6180, 67.9517)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBD3 #D36048

analogous

#48D3A6 #48BBD3 #4875D3

triadic

#48BBD3 #D348BB #BBD348

tetradic

#48BBD3 #A648D3 #D36048 #75D348

square

#48BBD3 #A648D3 #D36048 #75D348

split-complementary

#48BBD3 #D34875 #D3A648

monochromatic

#1F7081 #2B9BB3 #48BBD3 #79CDDF #ABE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#48BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBD3

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBD3	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe0',
    500: '#48bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbd3;
$custom-light: #8bcfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.36,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73685,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBD3

secondary

#D8A89E

accent

#5F43E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBD3

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

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