#48BBD7#48BBD7

#48BBD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBD7
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -23.55, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 33.31, 225.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0871 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.109 217)
XYZ	xyz(32.7035, 41.8211, 70.6255)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBD7 #D76448

analogous

#48D7AC #48BBD7 #4874D7

triadic

#48BBD7 #D748BB #BBD748

tetradic

#48BBD7 #AC48D7 #D76448 #74D748

square

#48BBD7 #AC48D7 #D76448 #74D748

split-complementary

#48BBD7 #D74874 #D7AC48

monochromatic

#1E7287 #299DB9 #48BBD7 #7ACEE2 #ACE0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#48BBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBD7

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBD7	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe3',
    500: '#48bbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbd7;
$custom-light: #8bcfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.748,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73845,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.41825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBD7

secondary

#DBABA0

accent

#6141E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBD7

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

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