#48BCD8#48BCD8

#48BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.110 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD8
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -23.75, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 33.48, 224.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0877 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.11 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0452, 42.2984, 71.3753)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD8 #D86448

analogous

#48D8AC #48BCD8 #4874D8

triadic

#48BCD8 #D848BC #BCD848

tetradic

#48BCD8 #AC48D8 #D86448 #74D848

square

#48BCD8 #AC48D8 #D86448 #74D848

split-complementary

#48BCD8 #D84874 #D8AC48

monochromatic

#1D7489 #289EBB #48BCD8 #7ACEE3 #ADE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#48BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD8

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD8	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.110 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e4',
    500: '#48bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd8;
$custom-light: #8cd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.667,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74121,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD8

secondary

#DBACA0

accent

#6140E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD8

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

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