#48BEDB#48BEDB

#48BEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEDB
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -23.84, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 33.96, 225.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0885 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.111 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8668, 43.3153, 73.5799)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEDB #DB6548

analogous

#48DBAF #48BEDB #4875DB

triadic

#48BEDB #DB48BE #BEDB48

tetradic

#48BEDB #AF48DB #DB6548 #75DB48

square

#48BEDB #AF48DB #DB6548 #75DB48

split-complementary

#48BEDB #DB4875 #DBAF48

monochromatic

#1C778D #26A2C0 #48BEDB #7BD0E5 #AEE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#48BEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEDB

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEDB	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e6',
    500: '#48bedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bedb;
$custom-light: #8cd1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.837,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74712,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEDB

secondary

#DDADA2

accent

#603EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEDB

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

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