#48BBDE#48BBDE

#48BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BBDE
RGB	rgb(72, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -21.39, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 34.44, 231.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0844 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.113 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6222, 42.1886, 75.4643)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BBDE #DE6B48

analogous

#48DEB6 #48BBDE #4870DE

triadic

#48BBDE #DE48BB #BBDE48

tetradic

#48BBDE #B648DE #DE6B48 #70DE48

square

#48BBDE #B648DE #DE6B48 #70DE48

split-complementary

#48BBDE #DE4870 #DEB648

monochromatic

#1A7691 #24A0C5 #48BBDE #7CCEE7 #B0E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#48BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BBDE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BBDE	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfe8',
    500: '#48bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bbde;
$custom-light: #8ccfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BBDE

secondary

#DFB1A3

accent

#653CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BBDE

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

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