#48BEDE#48BEDE

#48BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.113 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEDE
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -22.92, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 34.40, 228.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0874 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.113 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2653, 43.4747, 75.6787)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEDE #DE6848

analogous

#48DEB3 #48BEDE #4873DE

triadic

#48BEDE #DE48BE #BEDE48

tetradic

#48BEDE #B348DE #DE6848 #73DE48

square

#48BEDE #B348DE #DE6848 #73DE48

split-complementary

#48BEDE #DE4873 #DEB348

monochromatic

#1A7891 #24A3C5 #48BEDE #7CD0E7 #B0E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#48BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#48BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEDE

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEDE	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.113 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e8',
    500: '#48bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bede;
$custom-light: #8cd1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74834,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEDE

secondary

#DFB0A3

accent

#613CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEDE

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

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