#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
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 217)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -24.95, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 33.77, 222.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0903 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.11 215)
XYZ	xyz(33.8225, 43.6453, 72.2741)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##48BFD9	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48BFD9

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

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