#48BFD9#48BFD9

#48BFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48BFD9
RGBrgb(72, 191, 217)
HSLhsl(191, 66%, 57%)
HSVhsv(191, 67%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.99, -24.95, -22.76)
CIE-LCHlch(71.99, 33.77, 222.36°)
OKLaboklab(74.87% -0.0903 -0.0633)
OKLCHoklch(74.87% 0.11 215)
XYZxyz(33.8225, 43.6453, 72.2741)
Luminance0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48BFD9 #D96248
analogous
#48D9AB #48BFD9 #4877D9
triadic
#48BFD9 #D948BF #BFD948
tetradic
#48BFD9 #AB48D9 #D96248 #77D948
square
#48BFD9 #AB48D9 #D96248 #77D948
split-complementary
#48BFD9 #D94877 #D9AB48
monochromatic
#1D768A #27A2BD #48BFD9 #7BD1E4 #ADE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#48BFD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73
#48BFD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFD9
9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48BFD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48BFD91.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADB9DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98AAD9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48bfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 215.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e4',
    500: '#48bfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48bfd9;
$custom-light: #8cd2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48bfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.759,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74867,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.43649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48BFD9
secondary
#DCABA1
accent
#5E3FE9
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F9FB
border
#CCD2D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#48BFD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva