#48BBDA#48BBDA

#48BBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.111 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBDA
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -22.62, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 33.74, 227.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0859 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.111 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0925, 41.9767, 72.6743)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBDA #DA6748

analogous

#48DAB0 #48BBDA #4872DA

triadic

#48BBDA #DA48BB #BBDA48

tetradic

#48BBDA #B048DA #DA6748 #72DA48

square

#48BBDA #B048DA #DA6748 #72DA48

split-complementary

#48BBDA #DA4872 #DAB048

monochromatic

#1C748B #269EBE #48BBDA #7BCEE4 #AEE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#48BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBDA

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBDA	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.111 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe5',
    500: '#48bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbda;
$custom-light: #8ccfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.74,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73967,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBDA

secondary

#DDAEA1

accent

#633FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBDA

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

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