#48BFDD#48BFDD

#48BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFDD
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -23.73, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 34.27, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0888 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.112 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3490, 43.8560, 75.0474)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFDD #DD6648

analogous

#48DDB1 #48BFDD #4874DD

triadic

#48BFDD #DD48BF #BFDD48

tetradic

#48BFDD #B148DD #DD6648 #74DD48

square

#48BFDD #B148DD #DD6648 #74DD48

split-complementary

#48BFDD #DD4874 #DDB148

monochromatic

#1B7890 #24A3C3 #48BFDD #7CD1E7 #AFE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#48BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFDD

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFDD	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 217.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.081,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75028,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFDD

secondary

#DEAEA2

accent

#603CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFDD

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

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