#48BFDA#48BFDA

#48BFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFDA
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -24.65, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 33.88, 223.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0899 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.111 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9529, 43.6975, 72.9611)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFDA #DA6348

analogous

#48DAAC #48BFDA #4876DA

triadic

#48BFDA #DA48BF #BFDA48

tetradic

#48BFDA #AC48DA #DA6348 #76DA48

square

#48BFDA #AC48DA #DA6348 #76DA48

split-complementary

#48BFDA #DA4876 #DAAC48

monochromatic

#1C778B #26A2BE #48BFDA #7BD1E4 #AEE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48BFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#48BFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFDA

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFDA	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e5',
    500: '#48bfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfda;
$custom-light: #8cd2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.096,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74907,
    "c": 0.1108,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFDA

secondary

#DDACA1

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFDA

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

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