#48BBD9#48BBD9

#48BBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.110 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBD9
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -22.93, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 33.59, 226.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0863 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.11 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9620, 41.9245, 71.9873)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBD9 #D96648

analogous

#48D9AF #48BBD9 #4873D9

triadic

#48BBD9 #D948BB #BBD948

tetradic

#48BBD9 #AF48D9 #D96648 #73D948

square

#48BBD9 #AF48D9 #D96648 #73D948

split-complementary

#48BBD9 #D94873 #D9AF48

monochromatic

#1D738A #279EBD #48BBD9 #7BCEE4 #ADE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#48BBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#48BBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBD9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBD9	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.110 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe4',
    500: '#48bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbd9;
$custom-light: #8ccfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73926,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBD9

secondary

#DCADA1

accent

#623FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBD9

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

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