#48BBDC#48BBDC

#48BBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBDC
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -22.01, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 34.07, 229.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0852 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.112 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3558, 42.0820, 74.0610)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBDC #DC6948

analogous

#48DCB3 #48BBDC #4871DC

triadic

#48BBDC #DC48BB #BBDC48

tetradic

#48BBDC #B348DC #DC6948 #71DC48

square

#48BBDC #B348DC #DC6948 #71DC48

split-complementary

#48BBDC #DC4871 #DCB348

monochromatic

#1B758E #259FC2 #48BBDC #7BCEE6 #AFE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#48BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBDC

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBDC	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe7',
    500: '#48bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbdc;
$custom-light: #8ccfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.378,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74049,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBDC

secondary

#DEAFA2

accent

#643DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBDC

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

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