#48C3DD#48C3DD

#48C3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.113 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C3DD
RGB	rgb(72, 195, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -25.74, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 34.47, 221.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0928 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.113 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2333, 45.6244, 75.3421)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C3DD #DD6248

analogous

#48DDAD #48C3DD #4878DD

triadic

#48C3DD #DD48C3 #C3DD48

tetradic

#48C3DD #AD48DD #DD6248 #78DD48

square

#48C3DD #AD48DD #DD6248 #78DD48

split-complementary

#48C3DD #DD4878 #DDAD48

monochromatic

#1B7B90 #24A8C3 #48C3DD #7CD4E7 #AFE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#48C3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#48C3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C3DD

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C3DD	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 195, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.113 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5e7',
    500: '#48c3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c3dd;
$custom-light: #8dd5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.47,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75967,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C3DD

secondary

#DEADA2

accent

#5B3CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C3DD

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

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