#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
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -23.95, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 33.66, 224.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0883 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.11 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3893, 42.7790, 72.1297)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48BDD9	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48BDD9

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

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