#48BBD8#48BBD8

#48BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.110 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBD8
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -23.24, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 33.45, 225.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0867 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.11 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8324, 41.8726, 71.3043)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBD8 #D86548

analogous

#48D8AD #48BBD8 #4873D8

triadic

#48BBD8 #D848BB #BBD848

tetradic

#48BBD8 #AD48D8 #D86548 #73D848

square

#48BBD8 #AD48D8 #D86548 #73D848

split-complementary

#48BBD8 #D84873 #D8AD48

monochromatic

#1D7389 #289DBB #48BBD8 #7ACEE3 #ADE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#48BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBD8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBD8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.110 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfe4',
    500: '#48bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbd8;
$custom-light: #8bcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73886,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBD8

secondary

#DBACA0

accent

#6240E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBD8

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

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