#48BDDE#48BDDE

#48BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDDE
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -22.41, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 34.40, 229.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0864 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.113 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0495, 43.0430, 75.6067)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDDE #DE6948

analogous

#48DEB4 #48BDDE #4872DE

triadic

#48BDDE #DE48BD #BDDE48

tetradic

#48BDDE #B448DE #DE6948 #72DE48

square

#48BDDE #B448DE #DE6948 #72DE48

split-complementary

#48BDDE #DE4872 #DEB448

monochromatic

#1A7791 #24A2C5 #48BDDE #7CD0E7 #B0E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#48BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#48BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDDE

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDDE	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e8',
    500: '#48bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bdde;
$custom-light: #8cd1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.746,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDDE

secondary

#DFB0A3

accent

#623CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDDE

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

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