#48BCD7#48BCD7

#48BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.109 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD7
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -24.05, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 33.36, 223.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0881 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.109 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9164, 42.2468, 70.6965)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD7 #D76348

analogous

#48D7AB #48BCD7 #4875D7

triadic

#48BCD7 #D748BC #BCD748

tetradic

#48BCD7 #AB48D7 #D76348 #75D748

square

#48BCD7 #AB48D7 #D76348 #75D748

split-complementary

#48BCD7 #D74875 #D7AB48

monochromatic

#1E7387 #299EB9 #48BCD7 #7ACEE2 #ACE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#48BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD7

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD7	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.109 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0e3',
    500: '#48bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd7;
$custom-light: #8bd0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.329,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74081,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD7

secondary

#DBABA0

accent

#6041E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD7

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

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