#48BEDF#48BEDF

#48BEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BEDF
RGB	rgb(72, 190, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -22.61, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 34.56, 229.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.087 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.114 220)
XYZ	xyz(34.3997, 43.5285, 76.3866)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BEDF #DF6948

analogous

#48DFB5 #48BEDF #4872DF

triadic

#48BEDF #DF48BE #BEDF48

tetradic

#48BEDF #B548DF #DF6948 #72DF48

square

#48BEDF #B548DF #DF6948 #72DF48

split-complementary

#48BEDF #DF4872 #DFB548

monochromatic

#1A7893 #23A3C7 #48BEDF #7CD1E8 #B0E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48BEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#48BEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BEDF

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BEDF	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 190, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e9',
    500: '#48bedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bedf;
$custom-light: #8cd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.113,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.43532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BEDF

secondary

#E0B0A3

accent

#623BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BEDF

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

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