#48BED7#48BED7

#48BED7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BED7
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 215)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -25.06, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 33.49, 221.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0901 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.109 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3466, 43.1072, 70.8399)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BED7 #D76148

analogous

#48D7A9 #48BED7 #4877D7

triadic

#48BED7 #D748BE #BED748

tetradic

#48BED7 #A948D7 #D76148 #77D748

square

#48BED7 #A948D7 #D76148 #77D748

split-complementary

#48BED7 #D74877 #D7A948

monochromatic

#1E7587 #29A0B9 #48BED7 #7AD0E2 #ACE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#48BED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BED7

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BED7	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)

#ACB8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e3',
    500: '#48bed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bed7;
$custom-light: #8cd2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.49,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BED7

secondary

#DBAAA0

accent

#5E41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BED7

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

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