#48BCD4#48BCD4

#48BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD4
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -24.96, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 33.03, 220.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0893 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.108 214)
XYZ	xyz(32.5344, 42.0940, 68.6849)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD4 #D46048

analogous

#48D4A6 #48BCD4 #4876D4

triadic

#48BCD4 #D448BC #BCD448

tetradic

#48BCD4 #A648D4 #D46048 #76D448

square

#48BCD4 #A648D4 #D46048 #76D448

split-complementary

#48BCD4 #D44876 #D4A648

monochromatic

#1F7283 #2A9DB4 #48BCD4 #7ACEE0 #ABE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#48BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD4

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD4	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)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e1',
    500: '#48bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd4;
$custom-light: #8bd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73962,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.42098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD4

secondary

#D9A99F

accent

#5F43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD4

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

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