#48BED9#48BED9

#48BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BED9
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -24.45, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 33.71, 223.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0893 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.11 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6051, 43.2107, 72.2016)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BED9 #D96348

analogous

#48D9AB #48BED9 #4876D9

triadic

#48BED9 #D948BE #BED948

tetradic

#48BED9 #AB48D9 #D96348 #76D948

square

#48BED9 #AB48D9 #D96348 #76D948

split-complementary

#48BED9 #D94876 #D9AB48

monochromatic

#1D768A #27A1BD #48BED9 #7BD0E4 #ADE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#48BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#48BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BED9

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BED9	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e4',
    500: '#48bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bed9;
$custom-light: #8cd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.172,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74632,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BED9

secondary

#DCACA1

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BED9

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

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