#48BBD5#48BBD5

#48BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBD5
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -24.15, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 33.06, 223.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0879 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.108 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4481, 41.7189, 69.2804)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBD5 #D56248

analogous

#48D5A8 #48BBD5 #4874D5

triadic

#48BBD5 #D548BB #BBD548

tetradic

#48BBD5 #A848D5 #D56248 #74D548

square

#48BBD5 #A848D5 #D56248 #74D548

split-complementary

#48BBD5 #D54874 #D5A848

monochromatic

#1E7184 #2A9CB6 #48BBD5 #7ACDE0 #ACE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#48BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#48BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBD5

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBD5	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe2',
    500: '#48bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbd5;
$custom-light: #8bcfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.064,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73765,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBD5

secondary

#DAAA9F

accent

#6042E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBD5

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

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