#48ABE0#48ABE0

#48ABE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABE0
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -12.30, -35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 37.24, 250.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0678 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.12 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6847, 35.8820, 75.8153)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABE0 #E07D48

analogous

#48E0C9 #48ABE0 #485FE0

triadic

#48ABE0 #E048AB #ABE048

tetradic

#48ABE0 #C948E0 #E07D48 #5FE048

square

#48ABE0 #C948E0 #E07D48 #5FE048

split-complementary

#48ABE0 #E0485F #E0C948

monochromatic

#196994 #228FC9 #48ABE0 #7CC3E9 #B1DBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#48ABE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#48ABE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABE0

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABE0	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4ea',
    500: '#48abe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abe0;
$custom-light: #8bc4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.921,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70509,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABE0

secondary

#E0B9A4

accent

#793AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABE0

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

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