#48BBDB#48BBDB

#48BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.111 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBDB
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -22.32, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 33.91, 228.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0855 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.111 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2237, 42.0292, 73.3656)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBDB #DB6848

analogous

#48DBB1 #48BBDB #4872DB

triadic

#48BBDB #DB48BB #BBDB48

tetradic

#48BBDB #B148DB #DB6848 #72DB48

square

#48BBDB #B148DB #DB6848 #72DB48

split-complementary

#48BBDB #DB4872 #DBB148

monochromatic

#1C748D #269EC0 #48BBDB #7BCEE5 #AEE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#48BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBDB

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBDB	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.111 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe6',
    500: '#48bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbdb;
$custom-light: #8ccfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.061,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74008,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBDB

secondary

#DDAFA2

accent

#633EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBDB

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

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