#48BDDC#48BDDC

#48BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.112 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDDC
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -23.03, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 34.08, 227.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0872 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.112 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7830, 42.9365, 74.2034)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDDC #DC6748

analogous

#48DCB1 #48BDDC #4873DC

triadic

#48BDDC #DC48BD #BDDC48

tetradic

#48BDDC #B148DC #DC6748 #73DC48

square

#48BDDC #B148DC #DC6748 #73DC48

split-complementary

#48BDDC #DC4873 #DCB148

monochromatic

#1B768E #25A1C2 #48BDDC #7BD0E6 #AFE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#48BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDDC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDDC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.112 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e7',
    500: '#48bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bddc;
$custom-light: #8cd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.568,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDDC

secondary

#DEAEA2

accent

#613DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDDC

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

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