#48BCDB#48BCDB

#48BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.111 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCDB
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -22.83, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 33.91, 227.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0865 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.111 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4366, 42.4549, 73.4365)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCDB #DB6748

analogous

#48DBB1 #48BCDB #4873DB

triadic

#48BCDB #DB48BC #BCDB48

tetradic

#48BCDB #B148DB #DB6748 #73DB48

square

#48BCDB #B148DB #DB6748 #73DB48

split-complementary

#48BCDB #DB4873 #DBB148

monochromatic

#1C758D #269FC0 #48BCDB #7BCFE5 #AEE1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#48BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCDB

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCDB	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.111 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e6',
    500: '#48bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcdb;
$custom-light: #8cd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.653,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCDB

secondary

#DDAEA2

accent

#623EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCDB

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

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