#48BDD9#48BDD9

#48BDD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BDD9
RGBrgb(72, 189, 217)
HSLhsl(192, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(192, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.40, -23.95, -23.65)
CIE-LCHlch(71.40, 33.66, 224.64°)
OKLaboklab(74.4% -0.0883 -0.0659)
OKLCHoklch(74.4% 0.11 216.7)
XYZxyz(33.3893, 42.7790, 72.1297)
Luminance0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BDD9 #D96448
analogous
#48D9AD #48BDD9 #4875D9
triadic
#48BDD9 #D948BD #BDD948
tetradic
#48BDD9 #AD48D9 #D96448 #75D948
square
#48BDD9 #AD48D9 #D96448 #75D948
split-complementary
#48BDD9 #D94875 #D9AD48
monochromatic
#1D758A #27A0BD #48BDD9 #7BCFE4 #ADE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#48BDD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56
#48BDD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDD9
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BDD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BDD91.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAB7DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96A8D9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 216.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e4',
    500: '#48bdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bdd9;
$custom-light: #8cd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.586,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74397,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BDD9
secondary
#DCACA1
accent
#603FE9
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F9FB
border
#CCD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#48BDD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva