#48BBDD#48BBDD

#48BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBDD
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -21.70, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 34.25, 230.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0848 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.113 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4886, 42.1351, 74.7606)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBDD #DD6A48

analogous

#48DDB4 #48BBDD #4871DD

triadic

#48BBDD #DD48BB #BBDD48

tetradic

#48BBDD #B448DD #DD6A48 #71DD48

square

#48BBDD #B448DD #DD6A48 #71DD48

split-complementary

#48BBDD #DD4871 #DDB448

monochromatic

#1B7590 #249FC3 #48BBDD #7CCEE7 #AFE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#48BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBDD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBDD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 221.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.691,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74091,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBDD

secondary

#DEB0A2

accent

#643CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBDD

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

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