#48BDE0#48BDE0

#48BDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BDE0
RGB	rgb(72, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -21.79, -27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 34.75, 231.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0856 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.114 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3191, 43.1509, 77.0268)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BDE0 #E06B48

analogous

#48E0B7 #48BDE0 #4871E0

triadic

#48BDE0 #E048BD #BDE048

tetradic

#48BDE0 #B748E0 #E06B48 #71E048

square

#48BDE0 #B748E0 #E06B48 #71E048

split-complementary

#48BDE0 #E04871 #E0B748

monochromatic

#197894 #22A2C9 #48BDE0 #7CD0E9 #B1E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#48BDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BDE0

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BDE0	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1e9',
    500: '#48bde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bde0;
$custom-light: #8dd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.816,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74683,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BDE0

secondary

#E0B2A4

accent

#633AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BDE0

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

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