#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
RGBrgb(72, 195, 221)
HSLhsl(190, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(190, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.30, -25.74, -22.93)
CIE-LCHlch(73.30, 34.47, 221.69°)
OKLaboklab(75.97% -0.0928 -0.0638)
OKLCHoklch(75.97% 0.113 214.5)
XYZxyz(35.2333, 45.6244, 75.3421)
Luminance0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##48C3DD1.002.0710.1310.13
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1321.001.001.00
##00000010.1321.001.001.00

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

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#48C3DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva