#48BCDA#48BCDA

#48BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.111 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCDA
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -23.13, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 33.76, 226.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0869 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.111 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3054, 42.4024, 72.7453)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCDA #DA6648

analogous

#48DAAF #48BCDA #4873DA

triadic

#48BCDA #DA48BC #BCDA48

tetradic

#48BCDA #AF48DA #DA6648 #73DA48

square

#48BCDA #AF48DA #DA6648 #73DA48

split-complementary

#48BCDA #DA4873 #DAAF48

monochromatic

#1C758B #269FBE #48BCDA #7BCFE4 #AEE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#48BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCDA

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCDA	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.111 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e5',
    500: '#48bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcda;
$custom-light: #8cd0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.329,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74202,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCDA

secondary

#DDADA1

accent

#623FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCDA

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

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