#48BED8#48BED8

#48BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BED8
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -24.75, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 33.59, 222.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0897 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.11 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4755, 43.1588, 71.5187)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BED8 #D86248

analogous

#48D8AA #48BED8 #4876D8

triadic

#48BED8 #D848BE #BED848

tetradic

#48BED8 #AA48D8 #D86248 #76D848

square

#48BED8 #AA48D8 #D86248 #76D848

split-complementary

#48BED8 #D84876 #D8AA48

monochromatic

#1D7589 #28A0BB #48BED8 #7AD0E3 #ADE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#48BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BED8

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BED8	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)

#ACB8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e4',
    500: '#48bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bed8;
$custom-light: #8cd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BED8

secondary

#DBABA0

accent

#5E40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BED8

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

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