#48BBD4#48BBD4

#48BBD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBD4
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -24.46, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 32.95, 222.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0882 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.108 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3215, 41.6683, 68.6140)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBD4 #D46148

analogous

#48D4A7 #48BBD4 #4875D4

triadic

#48BBD4 #D448BB #BBD448

tetradic

#48BBD4 #A748D4 #D46148 #75D448

square

#48BBD4 #A748D4 #D46148 #75D448

split-complementary

#48BBD4 #D44875 #D4A748

monochromatic

#1F7183 #2A9CB4 #48BBD4 #7ACDE0 #ABE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#48BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBD4

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBD4	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe1',
    500: '#48bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbd4;
$custom-light: #8bcfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73725,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBD4

secondary

#D9A99F

accent

#6043E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBD4

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

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