#48BDDF#48BDDF

#48BDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDDF
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -22.10, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 34.57, 230.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.086 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.114 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1839, 43.0968, 76.3147)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDDF #DF6A48

analogous

#48DFB6 #48BDDF #4871DF

triadic

#48BDDF #DF48BD #BDDF48

tetradic

#48BDDF #B648DF #DF6A48 #71DF48

square

#48BDDF #B648DF #DF6A48 #71DF48

split-complementary

#48BDDF #DF4871 #DFB648

monochromatic

#1A7893 #23A2C7 #48BDDF #7CD0E8 #B0E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#48BDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDDF

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDDF	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e9',
    500: '#48bddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bddf;
$custom-light: #8cd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.51,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74641,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDDF

secondary

#E0B1A3

accent

#633BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDDF

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

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