#48C1DD#48C1DD

#48C1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C1DD
RGB	rgb(72, 193, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -24.74, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 34.35, 223.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0908 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.112 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7882, 44.7342, 75.1937)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C1DD #DD6448

analogous

#48DDAE #48C1DD #4877DD

triadic

#48C1DD #DD48C1 #C1DD48

tetradic

#48C1DD #AE48DD #DD6448 #77DD48

square

#48C1DD #AE48DD #DD6448 #77DD48

split-complementary

#48C1DD #DD4877 #DDAE48

monochromatic

#1B7A90 #24A6C3 #48C1DD #7CD2E7 #AFE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#48C1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#48C1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C1DD

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C1DD	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 193, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4e7',
    500: '#48c1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c1dd;
$custom-light: #8cd4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75497,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C1DD

secondary

#DEAEA2

accent

#5D3CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C1DD

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

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