#48BCDF#48BCDF

#48BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCDF
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -21.59, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 34.60, 231.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.085 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.114 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9695, 42.6681, 76.2432)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCDF #DF6B48

analogous

#48DFB6 #48BCDF #4871DF

triadic

#48BCDF #DF48BC #BCDF48

tetradic

#48BCDF #B648DF #DF6B48 #71DF48

square

#48BCDF #B648DF #DF6B48 #71DF48

split-complementary

#48BCDF #DF4871 #DFB648

monochromatic

#1A7793 #23A1C7 #48BCDF #7CCFE8 #B0E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#48BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCDF

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCDF	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e9',
    500: '#48bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bcdf;
$custom-light: #8cd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.907,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74408,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCDF

secondary

#E0B1A3

accent

#643BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCDF

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

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