#48BCD9#48BCD9

#48BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCD9
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -23.44, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 33.62, 225.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0873 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.11 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1749, 42.3502, 72.0582)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCD9 #D96548

analogous

#48D9AE #48BCD9 #4874D9

triadic

#48BCD9 #D948BC #BCD948

tetradic

#48BCD9 #AE48D9 #D96548 #74D948

square

#48BCD9 #AE48D9 #D96548 #74D948

split-complementary

#48BCD9 #D94874 #D9AE48

monochromatic

#1D748A #279FBD #48BCD9 #7BCFE4 #ADE1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#48BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#48BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCD9

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCD9	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e4',
    500: '#48bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcd9;
$custom-light: #8cd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74161,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCD9

secondary

#DCADA1

accent

#613FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCD9

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

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