#48BCD6#48BCD6

#48BCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD6
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -24.36, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 33.24, 222.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0885 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.109 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7883, 42.1956, 70.0218)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD6 #D66248

analogous

#48D6A9 #48BCD6 #4875D6

triadic

#48BCD6 #D648BC #BCD648

tetradic

#48BCD6 #A948D6 #D66248 #75D648

square

#48BCD6 #A948D6 #D66248 #75D648

split-complementary

#48BCD6 #D64875 #D6A948

monochromatic

#1E7386 #299EB8 #48BCD6 #7ACEE1 #ACE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#48BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD6

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD6	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)

#AAB6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e2',
    500: '#48bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd6;
$custom-light: #8bd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD6

secondary

#DAAAA0

accent

#6041E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD6

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

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