#48BBD6#48BBD6

#48BBD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBD6
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -23.85, -23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 33.18, 224.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0875 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.109 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5754, 41.7698, 69.9509)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBD6 #D66348

analogous

#48D6AA #48BBD6 #4874D6

triadic

#48BBD6 #D648BB #BBD648

tetradic

#48BBD6 #AA48D6 #D66348 #74D648

square

#48BBD6 #AA48D6 #D66348 #74D648

split-complementary

#48BBD6 #D64874 #D6AA48

monochromatic

#1E7286 #299DB8 #48BBD6 #7ACEE1 #ACE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#48BBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBD6

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBD6	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe2',
    500: '#48bbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbd6;
$custom-light: #8bcfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.408,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73805,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBD6

secondary

#DAABA0

accent

#6141E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBD6

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

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