#48BFDE#48BFDE

#48BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFDE
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -23.43, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 34.41, 227.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0884 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.113 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4827, 43.9094, 75.7511)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFDE #DE6748

analogous

#48DEB2 #48BFDE #4874DE

triadic

#48BFDE #DE48BF #BFDE48

tetradic

#48BFDE #B248DE #DE6748 #74DE48

square

#48BFDE #B248DE #DE6748 #74DE48

split-complementary

#48BFDE #DE4874 #DEB248

monochromatic

#1A7991 #24A4C5 #48BFDE #7CD1E7 #B0E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#48BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#48BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFDE

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFDE	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e8',
    500: '#48bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfde;
$custom-light: #8cd2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75068,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFDE

secondary

#DFAFA3

accent

#603CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFDE

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

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