#48BFD7#48BFD7

#48BFD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.109 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFD7
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 215)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -25.56, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 33.58, 220.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0911 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.109 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5639, 43.5419, 70.9123)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFD7 #D76048

analogous

#48D7A8 #48BFD7 #4878D7

triadic

#48BFD7 #D748BF #BFD748

tetradic

#48BFD7 #A848D7 #D76048 #78D748

square

#48BFD7 #A848D7 #D76048 #78D748

split-complementary

#48BFD7 #D74878 #D7A848

monochromatic

#1E7587 #29A1B9 #48BFD7 #7AD1E2 #ACE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48BFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#48BFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFD7

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFD7	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)

#ADB9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.109 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e3',
    500: '#48bfd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfd7;
$custom-light: #8cd2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74789,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFD7

secondary

#DBAAA0

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFD7

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

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