#48BEDD#48BEDD

#48BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEDD
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -23.23, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 34.24, 227.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0878 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.112 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1317, 43.4213, 74.9749)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEDD #DD6748

analogous

#48DDB1 #48BEDD #4874DD

triadic

#48BEDD #DD48BE #BEDD48

tetradic

#48BEDD #B148DD #DD6748 #74DD48

square

#48BEDD #B148DD #DD6748 #74DD48

split-complementary

#48BEDD #DD4874 #DDB148

monochromatic

#1B7790 #24A2C3 #48BEDD #7CD0E7 #AFE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#48BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEDD

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEDD	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 218.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.483,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74793,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEDD

secondary

#DEAFA2

accent

#613CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEDD

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

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