#48BEDC#48BEDC

#48BEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEDC
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -23.53, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 34.10, 226.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0882 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.112 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9989, 43.3682, 74.2753)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEDC #DC6648

analogous

#48DCB0 #48BEDC #4874DC

triadic

#48BEDC #DC48BE #BEDC48

tetradic

#48BEDC #B048DC #DC6648 #74DC48

square

#48BEDC #B048DC #DC6648 #74DC48

split-complementary

#48BEDC #DC4874 #DCB048

monochromatic

#1B778E #25A2C2 #48BEDC #7BD0E6 #AFE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#48BEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEDC

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEDC	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e7',
    500: '#48bedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bedc;
$custom-light: #8cd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.162,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEDC

secondary

#DEAEA2

accent

#603DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEDC

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

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