#48BFDF#48BFDF

#48BFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BFDF
RGB	rgb(72, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -23.12, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 34.56, 228.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.088 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.113 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6171, 43.9632, 76.4591)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BFDF #DF6848

analogous

#48DFB3 #48BFDF #4873DF

triadic

#48BFDF #DF48BF #BFDF48

tetradic

#48BFDF #B348DF #DF6848 #73DF48

square

#48BFDF #B348DF #DF6848 #73DF48

split-complementary

#48BFDF #DF4873 #DFB348

monochromatic

#1A7993 #23A4C7 #48BFDF #7CD1E8 #B0E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#48BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#48BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BFDF

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BFDF	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2e9',
    500: '#48bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bfdf;
$custom-light: #8dd2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.715,
    "s": 70.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BFDF

secondary

#E0B0A3

accent

#613BED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BFDF

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

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