#48BDDD#48BDDD

#48BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDDD
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -22.72, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 34.23, 228.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0868 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.112 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9159, 42.9896, 74.9030)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDDD #DD6848

analogous

#48DDB3 #48BDDD #4872DD

triadic

#48BDDD #DD48BD #BDDD48

tetradic

#48BDDD #B348DD #DD6848 #72DD48

square

#48BDDD #B348DD #DD6848 #72DD48

split-complementary

#48BDDD #DD4872 #DDB348

monochromatic

#1B7790 #24A1C3 #48BDDD #7CD0E7 #AFE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#48BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDDD

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDDD	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 219.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.886,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74559,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDDD

secondary

#DEAFA2

accent

#623CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDDD

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

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