#48ABE2#48ABE2

#48ABE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ABE2
RGB	rgb(72, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -11.64, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 37.95, 252.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0671 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.122 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9575, 35.9911, 77.2522)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ABE2 #E27F48

analogous

#48E2CC #48ABE2 #485EE2

triadic

#48ABE2 #E248AB #ABE248

tetradic

#48ABE2 #CC48E2 #E27F48 #5EE248

square

#48ABE2 #CC48E2 #E27F48 #5EE248

split-complementary

#48ABE2 #E2485E #E2CC48

monochromatic

#186A98 #208FCC #48ABE2 #7DC3EA #B2DBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#48ABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#48ABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ABE2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ABE2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48abe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4eb',
    500: '#48abe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48abe2;
$custom-light: #8cc4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48abe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70603,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ABE2

secondary

#E1BAA4

accent

#7A38EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ABE2

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

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