#48BCDC#48BCDC

#48BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.112 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCDC
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -22.52, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 34.07, 228.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0862 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.112 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5687, 42.5077, 74.1319)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCDC #DC6848

analogous

#48DCB2 #48BCDC #4872DC

triadic

#48BCDC #DC48BC #BCDC48

tetradic

#48BCDC #B248DC #DC6848 #72DC48

square

#48BCDC #B248DC #DC6848 #72DC48

split-complementary

#48BCDC #DC4872 #DCB248

monochromatic

#1B758E #25A0C2 #48BCDC #7BCFE6 #AFE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#48BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCDC

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCDC	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.112 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e7',
    500: '#48bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcdc;
$custom-light: #8cd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74284,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCDC

secondary

#DEAFA2

accent

#633DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCDC

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

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