#48BCD5#48BCD5

#48BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD5
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -24.66, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 33.13, 221.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0889 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.108 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6610, 42.1447, 69.3513)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD5 #D56148

analogous

#48D5A7 #48BCD5 #4875D5

triadic

#48BCD5 #D548BC #BCD548

tetradic

#48BCD5 #A748D5 #D56148 #75D548

square

#48BCD5 #A748D5 #D56148 #75D548

split-complementary

#48BCD5 #D54875 #D5A748

monochromatic

#1E7284 #2A9DB6 #48BCD5 #7ACEE0 #ACE0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#48BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#48BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD5

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD5	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)

#AAB6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e2',
    500: '#48bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd5;
$custom-light: #8bd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.638,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74001,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD5

secondary

#DAAA9F

accent

#5F42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD5

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

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