#48ADE6#48ADE6

#48ADE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.125 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADE6
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -11.42, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 38.87, 252.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0677 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.125 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8934, 36.9745, 80.3035)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADE6 #E68148

analogous

#48E6D0 #48ADE6 #485EE6

triadic

#48ADE6 #E648AD #ADE648

tetradic

#48ADE6 #D048E6 #E68148 #5EE648

square

#48ADE6 #D048E6 #E68148 #5EE648

split-complementary

#48ADE6 #E6485E #E6D048

monochromatic

#166D9E #1D92D4 #48ADE6 #7EC5ED #B4DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#48ADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#48ADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADE6

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADE6	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.125 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5ee',
    500: '#48ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48ade6;
$custom-light: #8cc5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.646,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7125,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADE6

secondary

#E4BCA6

accent

#7A35F3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADE6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →