#48BFDC#48BFDC

#48BFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFDC
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -24.04, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 34.13, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0892 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.112 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2162, 43.8028, 74.3478)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFDC #DC6548

analogous

#48DCAF #48BFDC #4875DC

triadic

#48BFDC #DC48BF #BFDC48

tetradic

#48BFDC #AF48DC #DC6548 #75DC48

square

#48BFDC #AF48DC #DC6548 #75DC48

split-complementary

#48BFDC #DC4875 #DCAF48

monochromatic

#1B788E #25A3C2 #48BFDC #7BD1E6 #AFE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48BFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#48BFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFDC

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFDC	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e7',
    500: '#48bfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfdc;
$custom-light: #8cd2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.757,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74987,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFDC

secondary

#DEAEA2

accent

#5F3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFDC

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

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