#48BCDD#48BCDD

#48BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.112 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCDD
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -22.21, -26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 34.24, 229.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0858 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.112 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7015, 42.5609, 74.8315)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCDD #DD6948

analogous

#48DDB4 #48BCDD #4871DD

triadic

#48BCDD #DD48BC #BCDD48

tetradic

#48BCDD #B448DD #DD6948 #71DD48

square

#48BCDD #B448DD #DD6948 #71DD48

split-complementary

#48BCDD #DD4871 #DDB448

monochromatic

#1B7690 #24A0C3 #48BCDD #7CCFE7 #AFE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#48BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#48BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCDD

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCDD	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.112 220.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.289,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74325,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCDD

secondary

#DEB0A2

accent

#633CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCDD

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

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