#48BED6#48BED6

#48BED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BED6
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -25.36, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 33.39, 220.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0905 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.109 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2185, 43.0560, 70.1652)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BED6 #D66048

analogous

#48D6A7 #48BED6 #4877D6

triadic

#48BED6 #D648BE #BED648

tetradic

#48BED6 #A748D6 #D66048 #77D648

square

#48BED6 #A748D6 #D66048 #77D648

split-complementary

#48BED6 #D64877 #D6A748

monochromatic

#1E7486 #29A0B8 #48BED6 #7AD0E1 #ACE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#48BED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BED6

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BED6	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#ACB8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2e2',
    500: '#48bed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bed6;
$custom-light: #8bd2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.141,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BED6

secondary

#DAA9A0

accent

#5D41E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BED6

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

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