#48BFD8#48BFD8

#48BFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFD8
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -25.26, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 33.67, 221.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0907 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.11 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6928, 43.5935, 71.5911)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFD8 #D86148

analogous

#48D8A9 #48BFD8 #4877D8

triadic

#48BFD8 #D848BF #BFD848

tetradic

#48BFD8 #A948D8 #D86148 #77D848

square

#48BFD8 #A948D8 #D86148 #77D848

split-complementary

#48BFD8 #D84877 #D8A948

monochromatic

#1D7689 #28A1BB #48BFD8 #7AD1E3 #ADE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48BFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#48BFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFD8

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFD8	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e4',
    500: '#48bfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfd8;
$custom-light: #8cd2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74828,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFD8

secondary

#DBABA0

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFD8

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

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