#48C1DA#48C1DA

#48C1DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1DA
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 218)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 11.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -25.65, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 34.02, 221.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0919 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.111 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3920, 44.5758, 73.1075)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1DA #DA6148

analogous

#48DAAA #48C1DA #4878DA

triadic

#48C1DA #DA48C1 #C1DA48

tetradic

#48C1DA #AA48DA #DA6148 #78DA48

square

#48C1DA #AA48DA #DA6148 #78DA48

split-complementary

#48C1DA #DA4878 #DAAA48

monochromatic

#1C788B #26A4BE #48C1DA #7BD2E4 #AEE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#48C1DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#48C1DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1DA

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1DA	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e5',
    500: '#48c1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1da;
$custom-light: #8cd4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.274,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75378,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1DA

secondary

#DDABA1

accent

#5C3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1DA

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

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